Explanations of growth in health expenditures have restricted attention to the mean. We explain change throughout the distribution of expenditures, providing insight into how growth and its explanation differ along the distribution. We analyse Dutch data on actual health expenditures linked to...

The use of long term care (LTC) is changing rapidly. In the Netherlands, rates of institutional LTC use are falling, while homecare use is growing. Important questions are: are these changes attributable to declining disability rates, or has LTC use given disability changed? And have...