Nordic Economic Policy Review

The Nordic Economic Policy Review – NEPR – is published by the Nordic Council of Ministers and addresses policy issues in a way that is useful for in-formed non-specialists as well as for professional economists. All articles are commissioned from leading professional economists and are subject to peer review prior to publication. The review appears twice a year.    Content:Challenges in health care financing and provision - Tor Iversen and Sverre A.C. Kittelsen.Ageing populations: More care or just later care? - Terkel Christiansen, Jørgen Lauridsen and Mickael Bech. Comment by Anna Lilja Gunnarsdottir.Lifestyle, health and costs – what does available evidence suggest? - Kristian Bolin. Comment by Tinna Laufey Ásgeirsdóttir.The economics of long-term care: A survey - Helmuth Cremer, Pierre Pestieau and Gregory Ponthiere. Comment by Þórólfur Matthíasson.The role of primary health care in controlling the cost of specialist health care - Stephen Beales and Peter C. Smith. Comment by Helgi Tómasson.Payments in support of effective primary care for chronic conditions - Randall P. Ellis and Arlene S. Ash. Comment by Jørgen T. Lauridsen.An economic assessment of price rationing versus non-price rationing of health care - Luigi Siciliani. Comment by Mickael Bech.Should pharmaceutical costs be curbed? - Kurt R. Brekke, Dag Morten Dalen and Steinar Strøm. Comment by Helgi Tómasson.Productivity differences in Nordic hospitals: Can we learn from Finland? - Clas Rehnberg and Unto Häkkinen. Comment by Thorvaldur Gylfason.