Cross-country comparisons in health price growth over time.

Objective: To examine how the United States compares in terms of health price growth relative to four other countries - Australia, Canada, France, and the Netherlands.

Data Sources And Study Setting: Secondary data on health expenditure were extracted from international and national agencies spanning the years 2000-2020.

Study Design: International price indices specific to health were constructed using available international expenditure data and compared to existing health-specific national and general international price indices.

Why the US spends more treating high-need high-cost patients: a comparative study of pricing and utilization of care in six high-income countries.

One of the most pressing challenges facing most health care systems is rising costs. As the population ages and the demand for health care services grows, there is a growing need to understand the drivers of these costs across systems. This paper attempts to address this gap by examining utilization and spending of the course of a year for two specific high-need high-cost patient types: a frail older person with a hip fracture and an older person with congestive heart failure and diabetes.

Understanding Differences in Health Care Spending: A Comparative Study of Prices and Volumes Across OECD Countries.

Variations across OECD countries in the prices of health care and hospital services can be vast. These price differences mean that comparisons of such services should be adjusted to reflect the 'real' volumes consumed. Purchasing power parities (PPPs) can be used to make such comparisons more accurately, going beyond simple GDP-based comparisons, by aggregating the prices of actual individual consumption of health items.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economic viability of distributed photovoltaic systems in Brazil.

Electricity consumption in Brazil increases significantly, making feasibility studies to diversify the Brazilian electricity mix with other renewable sources become essential. However, the electricity market continues to be primarily driven by government or regulatory incentives and economic status. With the coronavirus pandemic since the beginning of 2020, the market has been undergoing significant changes that cause uncertainty in consumer investments in grid-connected photovoltaic systems.