01778cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF005505 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451871302 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. The Macroeconomic Impact of Healthcare Financing Alternatives : Reform Options for Hong Kong SAR. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008. 1 online resource (31 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students With much healthcare publicly funded, Hong Kong's rapidly aging population will significant raise fiscal pressure over coming decades. We ask what the implications are of meeting these costs by public funding, or private funding voluntarily or through mandates. Our simulations suggest that without early reform, these costs quickly become unsustainable. Prefunding is key. Whether this is done through the public system or through mandatory private provision is less important. Voluntary schemes are likely to result in insufficient savings without tax incentives. Even then, voluntary accounts are unlikely to yield better macroeconomic outcomes, while mandates tend to produce more equitable consumption. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/272 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2008/272/001.2008.issue-272-en.xml IMF e-Library