Report: 2018 Global Medical Trends Pulse Survey Report
Key findings:
- Average global medical inflation is expected to be 7.2 per cent in 2018, up from 6.8 per cent in 2017.
- In the UK, projected cost increases have been attributed to several factors: an ageing insured population and workforce; challenges accessing state-sponsored health care; wider availability of complex medical treatments; medical advances; and, the increasing use of high-cost treatments.
- More than half of health insurers globally expect the upward trend to be greater or significantly greater over the next three years.
