"Depending on the circumstances, it may not be the quickest way to get back to surplus but an important contributor to getting back to budget balance is to constrain expenditure growth as fairly as you can, and... work to make sure the economy grows at a faster rate," he said in an interview with Guardian Australia.
With healthcare costs soaring, many governments are increasingly making use of generic medicines to constrain expenditure.
Raising prices is therefore desirable to achieve equitable supply in areas of shortage —if necessary, under supply control to constrain expenditure [ 17, 18].
In-kind programs constrain expenditures and often create distortions in budget constraints, but may have greater popular support because they subsidize valued goods.
Therefore, it is clear that supply-side initiatives focusing on lowering prices would not be enough to effectively constrain drug expenditure increases.
For policy makers of health insurance program, a scheduled surveillance for each new entry is therefore suggested to provide a cost-effective treatment to their beneficiaries and constrain escalating expenditure.
SAPs heavily constrained social expenditure and development of an inclusive approach to health.
In Korea, where the number of individuals with chronic illnesses have continued to rise, the authorities have made efforts to develop demand-side initiatives in addition to supply-side initiatives like lowering prices in order to effectively constrain prescription drug expenditure increases.
As chronic diseases including hyperlipidemia increase steadily in South Korea, it is necessary to introduce not only supply-side measures but also various demand-side measures such as educational courses for rational prescription, programs promoting cost-effective prescription drug usage, and a prescription target system to effectively constrain prescription drug expenditure increases.
In a study, published in Current Biology on Thursday, they suggest that there might be a physical activity "sweet spot", whereby too little can make one unhealthy but too much drives the body to make big adjustments to adapt, thus constraining total energy expenditure.
Jens referred to a famous part in Goethe's Faust, Part Two, in which Mephistopheles, the devil, tempts the emperor and says, you don't need to be constrained in your expenditure by your tax revenues or how much people are willing to lend you, you can print money!
