... information is the large number of panel data analyses linking aggregate health expenditures, per capita income, indicators of ageing, and other relevant variables available from the OECD (Organization ... increasing in age, but also that the rates of increase in per capita health spending are greatest for the older groups B Changes in Age Distribution and changes in Health Spending per capita Clearly, the ... funds based on pay-as-you-go system, as is the case in many OECD countries and, in the case of developing countries, an expansion of the unmet financial needs of the elderly (Alam 1998; Antolin and...