The impact of health expenditures on public health in BRICS nations

Mihajlo Jakovljevic; Yuriy Timofeyev; Natalia V Ekkert; Julia V Fedorova; Galina Skvirskaya; Sergey Bolevich; Vladimir A Reshetnikov

doi:10.1016/j.jshs.2019.09.002

The impact of health expenditures on public health in BRICS nations

J Sport Health Sci. 2019 Nov;8(6):516-519. doi: 10.1016/j.jshs.2019.09.002. Epub 2019 Sep 10.

Authors

Mihajlo Jakovljevic¹, Yuriy Timofeyev², Natalia V Ekkert³, Julia V Fedorova⁴, Galina Skvirskaya³, Sergey Bolevich⁵, Vladimir A Reshetnikov³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Health Economics, Lund University, Lund SE 220 07, Sweden.
² National Research University Higher Schools of Economics, Moscow 101000, Russia.
³ Department for Health Care and Public Health, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow 119991, Russia.
⁴ Center for Master Programs, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow 119991, Russia.
⁵ Department of Human Pathology, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow 119991, Russia.

Abstract

•Experiencing a rapid economic growth, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS nations) are now confronting a growing aging population and an increasing prevalence of noncommunicable diseases.•The health care spending share of the economy in the BRICS nations is growing and constitutes an important part of governmental efforts to address population health and health care systems.•Even with the growth in health expenditures, there remains a significant challenge in balancing the need for promoting public health, controlling noncommunicable diseases, and improving population health in these emerging economies.•BRICS nations have a great potential for embracing a public health agenda aimed at promoting physical activity and healthy lifestyles as part of the BRICS public health policies in order to improve population health and reduce the burden of noncommunicable diseases.