Overview
- Provides information on how public regulations define the 'vulnerable' older population throughout Europe
- Reviews characteristics of specific main in-cash and in-kind programmes of care at regional and national level in Europe
- Presents the overall framework of public long-term care (LTC) services
- Matches information on eligibility conditions with a monetary estimate of the entry-level amount of benefit provided to eligible individuals
- Offers two comparative analyses of policies' potential coverage
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This book is of interest to academics in health economics and social policy, managers in the health sector, policy makers and professionals interested in the design, implementation and evaluation of long-term care policies. It could also be used to support different courses in the fields of ageing, health economics and policy evaluation.
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Keywords
- Long-term care
- Healthcare
- Health economics
- Healthcare economics
- Life expectancy
- Health conditions
- LTC
- European regulations
- Vulnerability evaluations
- Home-care
- Health inequality
- Long-term care in Austria
- Long-term care in Belgium
- Long-term care in Czech Republic
- Long-term care in France
- Long-term care in Germany
- Long-term care in Italy
- Long-term care in Spain
- Long-term care in England
- Long-term care in Wales
Table of contents (6 chapters)
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Agar Brugiavini is Professor at the Department of Economics at Ca’Foscari University of Venice, Italy.
Ludovico Carrino is Research Associate at the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at King’s College London, UK; and is affiliated to the Department of Economics at Ca’Foscari University of Venice, Italy.
Cristina Elisa Orso is Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Department of Economics at Ca’Foscari University of Venice, Italy.
Giacomo Pasini is Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, Ca’Foscari University of Venice, Italy; and Research Fellow at NETSPAR, The Netherlands.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Vulnerability and Long-term Care in Europe
Book Subtitle: An Economic Perspective
Authors: Agar Brugiavini, Ludovico Carrino, Cristina Elisa Orso, Giacomo Pasini
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68969-2
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-68968-5Published: 11 December 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-68969-2Published: 27 November 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 163
Number of Illustrations: 57 b/w illustrations
Topics: Health Economics, Health Care Management, Social Policy, Labor Economics, Population Economics, Social Policy