{"product_id":"long-term-care-economic-issues-and-policy-solutions-9780792398240","title":"Long-Term Care: Economic Issues and Policy Solutions","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Roland Eisen\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Health Care Issues\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnsuring long-term care (LTC) is one of the most urgent problems in health care today. Demographic trends are expected to lead to a higher proportion of old and very old people in the global population. As a result, an increased proportion of global income will be devoted to LTC services. With this in mind, \u003cem\u003eLong-term Care: Economic Issues and\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003ePolicy Solutions\u003c\/em\u003e aims to address the following important objectives: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eto provide a detailed analysis of the arrangements and institutions designed to protect the disabled and dependent elderly people in various countries, and to try to evaluate their respective merits. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eto discuss the projections of future costs of protection for dependent elderly, and to assess the impact of improvements in disability-free life expectancy on the future cost of care and choices between informal and formal care. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eto present empirical research on these decisions, with special consideration of primary caregivers, and on the substitution between in kind and cash benefits as well as between institutional (or formal) care and home (or informal) care. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eto analyze different theoretical approaches in modeling decisions referring to LTC services to be provided both within and between generations.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e With its mix of empirical, theoretical and policy-related contributions, \u003cem\u003eLong-term Care: Economic Issues and Policy Solutions\u003c\/em\u003e will be of interest not only to health economists, but also to social scientists, health insurers, and public policy advocates.","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45283911893143,"sku":"9780792398240","price":16009.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780792398240.webp?v=1769279606","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/long-term-care-economic-issues-and-policy-solutions-9780792398240","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}