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Part of the book series: Developments in Health Economics and Public Policy (HEPP, volume 5)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Introduction
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International Comparisons
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Empirical Research into the Demand and Provision of Long-Term Care Services
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Germany — A Model for Dealing with the Problems of Long-Term Care?
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Theoretical Issues and Policy Recommendations
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About this book
- to provide a detailed analysis of the arrangements and institutions designed to protect the disabled and dependent elderly people in various countries, and to try to evaluate their respective merits.
- to discuss the projections of future costs of protection for dependent elderly, and to assess the impact of improvements in disability-free life expectancy on the future cost of care and choices between informal and formal care.
- to present empirical research on these decisions, with special consideration of primary caregivers, and on the substitution between in kind and cash benefits as well as between institutional (or formal) care and home (or informal) care.
- to analyze different theoretical approaches in modeling decisions referring to LTC services to be provided both within and between generations.
With its mix of empirical, theoretical and policy-related contributions, Long-term Care: Economic Issues and Policy Solutions will be of interest not only to health economists, but also to social scientists, health insurers, and public policy advocates.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Long-Term Care: Economic Issues and Policy Solutions
Editors: Roland Eisen, Frank A. Sloan
Series Title: Developments in Health Economics and Public Policy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4096-0
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1996
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-9824-0Published: 31 December 1996
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-6834-2Published: 23 October 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-4096-0Published: 06 December 2012
Series ISSN: 0927-4987
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 337
Topics: Microeconomics, Public Health, Economic Policy