Projections show sharp increases in public spending on long-term care services across Europe. However, a purely cost based focus on long-term care services is economically misleading. Private and public expenditure on long-term care services directly and indirectly generate income in the form of...

The projection of public net expenditure on care services in the Länder (federal states) that are (partially) financed by the social welfare system and the needs-based guaranteed minimum social benefit system takes into account the demographic development, the better health status of elderly...

Vor dem Hintergrund der Alterung der Bevölkerung, des Anstieges der Erwerbsquote und des Rückganges der Haushaltsgröße gewinnt die effiziente Ausgestaltung der Pflegesysteme immer mehr an Bedeutung. Mit Einführung des Pflegefondsgesetzes wurde der kontinuierliche Auf- und Ausbau dieser...

Projections show sharp increases in public spending on long-term care services across Europe. However, a purely cost based focus on long-term care services is economically misleading. Private and public expenditure on long-term care services directly and indirectly generate income in the form of...