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Santé, Société et Solidarité - Année 2002 - Volume 1 - Numéro 2 - Pages 155-171La part du PIB consacrée aux soins de santé et de dépendance pourrait doubler d’ici 50 ans au Québec alors qu’elle n’augmenterait que du tiers dans les pays de la Communauté européenne. Ce constat repose sur l’hypothèse, vérifiée dans la période récente malgré l’amélioration de l’état de santé et du statut vital de la population, que les dépenses per capita (à âge égal) suivent l’augmentation de la richesse collective et augmentent au sein des générations. Pour les dépenses publiques, il en fut autrement et, par conséquent, leur poids ne cesse de diminuer. L’augmentation ne provient pas d’une croissance accélérée des dépenses mais plutôt du fossé qui risque de s’élargir entre celles-ci et la richesse nationale. Le système est toutefois confronté à un déplacement graduel des besoins vers les problèmes caractéristiques des 3e et 4e âges. Les soins dépendance, qui constituent actuellement 26% des dépenses publiques, représenteront pendant encore deux décennies un peu moins de 40% des dépenses additionnelles. Par la suite, cette proportion progressera rapidement. Plusieurs inconnus demeurent et autant l’offre que la demande de services sont susceptibles de se transformer dans les prochaines décennies. L’ampleur de la croissance économique et le rythme d’augmentation des dépenses per capita (à âge égal) seront, autant que le vieillissement démographique, des facteurs clé dans la capacité future des États de financer le système de santé et de dépendance.
The share of GDP devoted to health care and dependency care could double within the next 50 years in Quebec whereas it should increase by only one third in the European Community countries. This observation is based on the hypothesis — confirmed recently despite improved health and vitality of the population — that per capita expenditures (at the same age) keep up with the increase in collective wealth and rise within generations. However, for public expenditures, the scenario is different and, as a result, their importance decreases continuously. The increase does not come from a rapid growth in expenditures but rather from the gap that may widen between expenditures and national wealth. The system is nevertheless faced with the gradual displacement of needs towards problems that are characteristic of the third and fourth ages. Dependency care, which currently makes up 26% of public expenditures, will for another two decades account for slightly under 40% of additional expenditures. Subsequently, this proportion will rise rapidly. There are still many unknown factors and both supply and demand of services are likely to change during the coming decades. The extent of economic growth and the rate of increase in per capita expenditures (at the same age) will be, as much as population aging, key factors in the future capacity of states to finance the health and dependency system.
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The share of GDP devoted to health care and dependency care could double within the next 50 years in Quebec whereas it should increase by only one third in the European Community countries. This observation is based on the hypothesis — confirmed recently despite improved health and vitality of the population — that per capita expenditures (at the same age) keep up with the increase in collective wealth and rise within generations. However, for public expenditures, the scenario is different and, as a result, their importance decreases continuously. The increase does not come from a rapid growth in expenditures but rather from the gap that may widen between expenditures and national wealth. The system is nevertheless faced with the gradual displacement of needs towards problems that are characteristic of the third and fourth ages. Dependency care, which currently makes up 26% of public expenditures, will for another two decades account for slightly under 40% of additional expenditures. Subsequently, this proportion will rise rapidly. There are still many unknown factors and both supply and demand of services are likely to change during the coming decades. The extent of economic growth and the rate of increase in per capita expenditures (at the same age) will be, as much as population aging, key factors in the future capacity of states to finance the health and dependency system.
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01 janvier 2002
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