Financing Long-Term Care in Europe Institutions, Markets and Models [Hardcover]

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.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.Laferr?re 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.?sterle Scandinavian Long-Term Care Financing; M.Karlsson, T.Iversen ?& H.?ien Long-Term Care Financing in Switzerland; F.Weaver Long-Term Care Financing in Belgium; P.Willem?, J.Geerts, B.Cantillon? & N.MusscheBEA CANTILLON University of Antwerp, BelgiumFRANCESCA COLOMBO Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, FranceADELINA COMAS-HERRERA London School of Economics and Political Science, UKJOANNA GEERT Federal Planning Bureau, BelgiumCRISTIANO GORI London School of Economics and Political Science, UKTOR IVERSEN University of Oslo, NorwayMARTIN KARLSSON Technische Universit?t Darl£|