Financing long-term care in Europe: institutions, markets and models

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. JOAN COSTA-FONT Senior Lecturer in Political Economy at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK, where he is also Senior ResearchFellow in Health Economics. He edits the journal 'Applied Economics, Perspective and Policy' and is author of articles in the 'Oxford Review of Economic Policy', 'The Journal of the European Economic Association', 'Health Economics','Economic Policy' among other journals. CHRISTOPHE COURBAGE Research Directorat The Geneva Association (International Association for the Study of Insurance Economics), Switzerland. Christophe is also Deputy Editor of 'The Geneva Papers'. His publications comprise several books including 'The Economics of NewHealth Technology', and articles in journals such as 'Economic Theory', 'Health Economics', 'Theory and Decision'. INDICE: Introduction b Financing Long-Term Care: New and Unresolved Questions; 'J.Costa-Font' &' C.Courbage - 'Typology of Public Coverage for Long-Term Care in OECD Countries; 'F.Colombo - 'Long-Term Care Insurance Puzzle; 'P.Pestieau '& 'G.Ponthiere - 'Long-Term Care Insurance: Building Successful Developments; 'P-Y.Le Corre' - Housing Wealth as Self-Insurance for Long-Term Care; 'A.Laferrère - 'Long-Term Care Insurance: Partnership or Crowding Out?; 'J.Costa-Font '&' C.Courbage - 'Long-Term Care Insurance in the Netherlands; 'F.T.Schut' &' B.van den Berg - 'Financing Long-Term Care in France; 'C.Courbage' &' M.Plisson - 'From Commission to Commission: Financing Long-Term Care in England; 'A.Comas-Herrera, R.Wittenberg' &' L.Pickard - 'Financing Long-Term Care inSouthwest Europe: Italy, Portugal and Spain; 'J.Costa-Font, C.Gori' &' S.Santana - 'Long-Term Care Financing in Austria; 'B.Trukeschitz' &' U.Schneider - 'Financing Long-Term Care in Germany; 'A.Zuchandke, S.Reddemann' &' S.Krummaker- 'Long-Term Care Financing in Central Eastern Europe;' A.Österle - 'Scandinavian Long-Term Care Financing; 'M.Karlsson, T.Iversen' &' H.Oien - 'Long-Term Care Financing in Switzerland; 'F.Weaver - 'Long-Term Care Financing in Belgium; 'P.Willemé, J.Geerts, B.Cantillon '& 'N.Mussche

• ISBN: 978-0-230-24946-2
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 341
• Fecha Publicación: 28/10/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés