Equity choices and long-term care policies in Europe : allocating resources and burdens in Austria, Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom / August Österle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Österle, August.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Long-term care--European Union countries.

Older people.

Older people--Long-term care--Government policy--European Union countries.

Older people--Long-term care.

Government policy.

European Union countries--Social policy.

European Union countries.

Social policy.

Physical Description:

205 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Aldershot ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, [2001]

Contents:

2 Long-Term Care and the Welfare State 11

2.1 The growing importance of long-term care issues 12

2.2 Defining and measuring long-term care 28

2.3 The long-term care system 32

2.4 Long-term care as a welfare state issue 49

3 Equity and Long-Term Care: A Framework for Analysis 55

3.1 The basic terminology of equity 55

3.2 Studying equity in long-term care - A survey of the literature 57

3.3 The concept of 'equity choices' 63

3.4 Equity and the allocation of resources 70

3.5 Equity and the allocation of burdens 77

4 Investigating Long-Term Care Policies in Europe 89

4.1 Cross-country comparative analysis in long-term care 90

4.2 Objectives, regimes and choices 97

4.3 Long-term care in Austria, Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom: An overview 109

5 Equity Choices in Long-Term Care: A Comparative Perspective 133

5.1 Equity choices in the provision of long-term care 133

5.2 Equity choices in the finance of long-term care 147

5.3 Equity choices and equity objectives in European long-term care systems 160.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0754618412

OCLC:

47270983