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Financing Long-Term Care in Europe

Institutions, Markets and Models

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Editors:
  1. Joan Costa-Font

    1. London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

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  2. Christophe Courbage

    1. The Geneva Association, Switzerland

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Financing Long-Term Care: New and Unresolved Questions

      • Joan Costa-Font, Christophe Courbage
      Pages 3-14

  3. Institutions and Markets

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. Typology of Public Coverage for Long-Term Care in OECD Countries

      • Francesca Colombo
      Pages 17-40

    3. Long-Term Care Insurance Puzzle

      • Pierre Pestieau, Gregory Ponthière
      Pages 41-52

    4. Long-Term Care Insurance: Building a Successful Development

      • Pierre-Yves Le Corre
      Pages 53-72

    5. Housing Wealth as Self-insurance for Long-Term Care

      • Anne Laferrère
      Pages 73-90

    6. Long-Term Care Insurance: Partnership or Crowding Out?

      • Joan Costa-Font, Christophe Courbage
      Pages 91-100

  4. Models

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
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    2. Long-Term Care Insurance in the Netherlands

      • Frederik T. Schut, Bernard van den Berg
      Pages 103-124

    3. Financing Long-Term Care in France

      • Christophe Courbage, Manuel Plisson
      Pages 125-150

    4. From Commission to Commission: Financing Long-Term Care in England

      • Adelina Comas-Herrera, Raphael Wittenberg, Linda Pickard
      Pages 151-169

    5. Financing Long-Term Care in Southwest Europe: Italy, Portugal and Spain

      • Joan Costa-Font, Cristiano Gori, Silvina Santana
      Pages 170-186

    6. Long-Term Care Financing in Austria

      • Birgit Trukeschitz, Ulrike Schneider
      Pages 187-213

    7. Financing Long-Term Care in Germany

      • Andy Zuchandke, Sebastian Reddemann, Simone Krummaker
      Pages 214-235

    8. Long-Term Care Financing in Central Eastern Europe

      • August Österle
      Pages 236-253

    9. Scandinavian Long-Term Care Financing

      • Martin Karlsson, Tor Iversen, Henning Øien
      Pages 254-278

    10. Long-Term Care Financing in Switzerland

      • France Weaver
      Pages 279-299

    11. Long-Term Care Financing in Belgium

      • Peter Willemé, Joanna Geerts, Bea Cantillon, Ninke Mussche
      Pages 300-321
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About this book

Forecasts predict that those in need of long-term care in Europe will double in the next 50 years. This book offers a full understanding of the institutional responses and mechanisms in place to finance old age and provides analysis of demand and supply factors underpinning the development of financial instruments to cover long-term care in Europe.

Editors and Affiliations

  • London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

    Joan Costa-Font

  • The Geneva Association, Switzerland

    Christophe Courbage

About the editors

BEA CANTILLON University of Antwerp, Belgium FRANCESCA COLOMBO Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, France ADELINA COMAS-HERRERA London School of Economics and Political Science, UK JOANNA GEERT Federal Planning Bureau, Belgium CRISTIANO GORI London School of Economics and Political Science, UK TOR IVERSEN University of Oslo, Norway MARTIN KARLSSON Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany SIMONE KRUMMAKER Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany ANNE LAFERRÈRE INSEE and CREST Paris, France PIERRE-YVES LE CORRE Swiss Re Europe SA, France NINKE MUSSCHE University of Antwerp, Belgium HENNING ØIEN University of Oslo, Norway AUGUST ÖSTERLE Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria PIERRE PESTIEAU CORE, Université Catholique de Louvain, CREPP, University of Liege, Belgium and Paris School of Economics, France LINDA PICKARD London School of Economics and Political Science, UK MANUEL PLISSON Chaire 'Risques et Chances de la transition démographique' Paris Dauphine University LEDA-LEGOS, France GREGORY PONTHIÈRE Paris School of Economics and Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France SEBASTIAN REDDEMANN Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany SILVINA SANTANA University of Aveiro, Portugal ULRIKE SCHNEIDER Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria BIRGIT TRUKESCHITZ Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria FREDERIK T. SCHUT Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands BERNARD VAN DEN BERG University ofYork, United Kingdom FRANCE WEAVER University of Geneva, Switzerland PETER WILLEMÉ Federal Planning Bureau, Belgium RAPHAEL WITTENBERG London School of Economics and Political Science, UK ANDY ZUCHANDKE Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany

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