This study focuses on financing for long-term care (LTC). LTC involves a range of services including medical and nursing care, personal care services, assistance services and social services that help people live independently or in residential settings when they can no longer carry out routine...

Ce rapport rend compte de la première analyse comparative jamais faite du rôle et de la performance de l’assurance-maladie privée dans les pays de l’OCDE. Cette analyse, axée sur les marchés de l’assurance-maladie privée, recense également les problèmes qui découlent de...

La fiabilité des systèmes de santé supposent des systèmes de compensation et de prévention qui couvrent de manière appropriée la responsabilité des professionnels et des établissements de santé et limitent les mauvaises pratiques médicales. Au cours des dernières années, dans...

This study reports on the latest trends in long-term care policies in nineteen OECD countries: Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Mexico, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United...

With more chronic conditions and an ageing population, a growing share of the population will need end-of-life care, reaching close to 10 million people by 2050. While end-of-life care services help improve quality of life through relieving pain and other symptoms, currently, there are...

Lithuania’s population is ageing rapidly. The share of the population aged 65 years and over is expected to grow from 20% in 2019 to 32% in 2050 – faster than the EU average. A growing share of people who need help with their daily activities – so called long-term care. The governance of...

"This book examines the challenges countries are facing with regard to providing and paying for long-term care. With populations ageing and the need for long-term care growing rapidly, this book looks at such issues as: future demographic trends, policies to support family carers, long-term care...