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The Dynamics of Long-Term Care Service Use in Germany
Himes, Christine L.; Schneider, Ulrike; Wolf, Douglas A. - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 70 (2001) 1, pp. 153-158
Population aging and changing family patterns have made elder care an important issue. In 1994, German law-makers enacted a major reform in the country' s long-term care policy, the Dependency Insurance Act (DIA). How, and in what way, will the relative use of formal and informal long-term care...
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Crowding out Informal Care? Evidence from a Social Experiment in Germany
Arntz, Melanie; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2008
This paper evaluates the effects of a professionally assisted consumer-directed program (Personal Budgets) compared to the standard home care programs of the German long-term care insurance. The evaluation makes use of a long-run social experiment at seven different sites with a random...
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The Social Long-term Care Insurance: A Frail Pillar of the German Social Insurance System
Arntz, Melanie; Thomsen, Stephan L. - In: CESifo DICE Report 08 (2010) 2, pp. 29-34
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Note mangelhaft: Die Bürgerpflegeversicherung
Häcker, Jasmin; Raffelhüschen, Bernd - 2005
Der dringend notwendige Reformierungsbedarf in der sozialen Pflegeversicherung hat in jüngster Zeit verschiedene … Mehrausgaben verbunden ist und im Rahmen der Bürgerversicherung eine im Vergleich zum Status quo der Pflegeversicherung verschärfte …
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Internal rates of return of the German statutory long-term care insurance
Häcker, Jasmin; Raffelhüschen, Bernd - 2005
Presuming an ageing population, every introduction of a pay-as-you-go scheme causes intergenerational redistribution in favor of the first generations and to the burden of young and future generations. Using the concept of internal rates of return we want to examine the extent to which the first...
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Pflegetätigkeiten von Personen in Haushalten mit Arbeitslosengeld-II-Bezug: Eine deskriptive Betrachtung
Hohmeyer, Katrin; Kopf, Eva; Fiebig, Mareike; … - 2012
Aufgrund der demografischen Entwicklung ist in Deutschland ein steigender Pflegebedarf zu erwarten. Dabei hat die … häusliche Versorgung von Pflegebedürftigen durch Angehörige in Deutschland Vorrang gegenüber einer stationären Versorgung … elderly care in Germany in the future. In Germany, private home care, often provided by family members, is given primacy over …
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Zur Reform der Leistungsformen der Pflegeversicherung: Ein familienökonomischer Ansatz
Michaelis, Jochen - 2005
gesetzlichen Pflegeversicherung. Um diesen so genannten Heimsog zu reduzieren, haben die Pflegekassen ein Modellprojekt …
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The Role of Family Solidarity: Ethical and Social Issues
ter Meulen, Ruud; Wright, Katharine - In: CESifo DICE Report 08 (2010) 2, pp. 13-17
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The social long-term care insurance in Germany: origin, situation, threats, and perspectives
Heinicke, Katrin; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2010
This paper describes the Social Long-Term Care Insurance (SLTCI) in Germany. Based on a short review of the history of … long-term care organization and the preceding laws in Germany, the implementation of the SLTCI as a self-standing pillar … within the system of social insurances in Germany and its set-up with regard to eligibility criteria, service provision and …
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Care choices in Europe: To Each According to His or Her Needs?
Heger, Dörte; Korfhage, Thorben - In: INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, … 55 (2018), pp. 1-16
Growing long-term care (LTC) needs represent a major challenge for our aging societies. Understanding how utilization patterns of different types of care are influenced by LTC policies or changes in the population composition such as age patterns or health can provide helpful insight on how to...
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