5/24/2013 – How Growth of Elderly Population in U.S. Compares with Other Countries

This article is part of a series in which the PBS NewsHour and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, or OECD, explore how health care and health policy in OECD’s 34 member countries compare with the United States. Francesca Colombo, an OECD expert on economic impact of ageing, examines the the rapid growth of the elderly population in many nations — and what might be done to help alleviate some of the looming costs.

Read the full article at PBS News Hour.