• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Delivering Healthcare to an Aging Population : Nova Scotia's Fiscal Glacier
  • Contributor: Busby, Colin [Author]; Robson, William B. P. [Other]; Jacobs, Aaron [Other]
  • imprint: [S.l.]: SSRN, [2015]
  • Published in: C.D. Howe Institute ebrief 199
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (14 p)
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2551035
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  • Footnote: Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments January 7, 2015 erstellt
  • Description: Nova Scotia faces a $89 billion fiscal burden – the future tax bill for increased healthcare costs over the next half-century – and should prepare now for the coming demographic squeeze, says a report released today from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Delivering Healthcare to an Aging Population: Nova Scotia's Fiscal Glacier,” authors William B.P. Robson, Colin Busby and Aaron Jacobs find that the current configuration of demographically sensitive spending threatens to require a 70 percent increase in the province's tax take
  • Access State: Open Access