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0037/2019 - Longevity and cost of care: The challenge of a self-management health plan.
Longevidade e custo da assistência: O desafio de um plano de saúde de autogestão.

Author:

• José Antonio Diniz de Oliveira - Oliveira, JAD - <diniz@fiosaude.org.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6214-4195

Co-author(s):

• José Mendes Ribeiro - Ribeiro, J.M. - Rio de Janeiro, - <ribeirojm@globo.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0182-395X
• Isabel Cristina Martins Emmerick - Emmerick, Isabel Cristina Martins - <emmerick.isabel@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0383-2465
• Vera Lucia Luiza - Lucia Luiza, Vera - Rio de Janeiro, - <vera@ensp.fiocruz.br> +
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6245-7522


Abstract:

This paper aims to analyze the relationship between the cost of health care and the aging of the population assisted by a self-insured group health plan, reflecting on how to face the challenge arisingthis conjunction of population demographic changes and rising costs. This is a descriptive study1997 to 2016, based on secondary datathe health plan under study andanother self-insured group health plan, this one with a broad coverage all over the country. The elderly (over 60 years) increased during the study period 55.5%. Already so-called \"oldest old\" (over 80 years) grew by 332,8%. The population above 60 years corresponds to 25,7% of the total being responsible for 68,8% of expenses. The vast majority of the population under the health insurance (84,6%) is located in the State of Rio de Janeiro, which has the highest per capita health care cost in Brazil. We found a relationship between the aging of the beneficiary population and the increase in expenses. It is imperative to invest in health promotion and disease prevention initiatives as a way of improving the quality of life and financial viability of the plan, as well as defining a sub-system that delimits and define access pathways to the network and accepted by the beneficiaries.

Keywords:

Prepaid health plans; Health expenditures, Demographic aging

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Oliveira, JAD, Ribeiro, J.M., Emmerick, Isabel Cristina Martins, Lucia Luiza, Vera. Longevity and cost of care: The challenge of a self-management health plan.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2019/Feb). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/longevity-and-cost-of-care-the-challenge-of-a-selfmanagement-health-plan/17111?id=17111



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