Expected future demographic and societal shifts have put the improvement of quality and efficiency of long-term-care (LTC) systems on the agenda of virtually every EU member state, last but not least in order to support its long-term financial sustainability. Research to support the reform...

Since 2003, a new set of scenario-analyses have been published by the CPB in Four Futures of Europe (de Mooij and Tang, 2003), four scenarios are sketched for the development of the European economy until 2040. The scenarios are defined in terms of two groups of 'key uncertainties'. The first...

This study presents four long term scenarios for government and health care services in the Netherlands. In 2001, the expenditure on government and health care services (including pharmaceuticals) was about 24% of Dutch GDP. According to all scenarios this will increase to between 29% and 33% of...