Financing Long-Term Care in Europe

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.

Autorentext
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

Inhalt
Introduction 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 in Southwest 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.Øien Long-Term Care Financing in Switzerland; F.Weaver Long-Term Care Financing in Belgium; P.Willemé, J.Geerts, B.Cantillon & N.Mussche