1. Health Care Profiles in a Comparative Context Tim Miller January 19, 2007 Fourth Annual NTA Workshop

2. Health Care Consumption Includes: –Services from physicians, dentists, clinics. –Drugs and medical care products. –Hospital care, nursing home care, home health care. Excludes: –Home health care provided by family members.

3. Data Sources for Estimating Age Profiles

4. International Comparisons 1.Health care consumption, by age. 2.Health care as a share of consumption, by age. 3.Publicly funded health care as share of health care consumption, by age.

5. 1. Health care consumption, by age Data from 9 countries. Summarized by taking a simple average of the 9 countries.

17. 2. Health care as a percent of consumption, by age. Data from 9 countries. Summarized by taking a simple average of the 9 countries.

29. Funding for Health Care Private –Private insurance –Out-of-pocket –Charities Public –Public insurance (e.g., Medicare program in the US) –Direct provision of health care.

30. 3. Publicly funded health care as percent of health consumption, by age Data from 9 countries. Summarized by taking a simple average of the 9 countries.

41. The End

44. Percent of US Population Living in Nursing Homes, by Age, 2000