The Tsunami of Health Costs

La Tercera

Lean Right

Factuality

Ownership

A recent OECD report estimates that, over the next 25 years, the health burden (in terms of cases) of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) will increase by 50 per cent in Chile (top 5 in increases between OECD countries). Today, in Chile, the TNA burden on the total is close to 80 per cent. So by 2050, the increase in the total disease burden is likely to be close to 40 per cent. IMF estimates that health spending, in proportion to GDP, would double…