The Swedish health care system is to a large extent publicly managed by 21 local county councils. During recent years … who has a large proportion of health care performed by alternative producers are more economically efficient than other … efficiently. - economic efficiency in health care ; data envelopment analysis ; Tobit regression …

the number of people of working age present a major challenge to the care industry. Although many of those needing care … today are looked after by family members at home, they are increasingly reliant on the support of out-patient care services … after in care homes. 630,000 staff were employed full-time in the long-term care workforce in 2009. Taking into …

The article is an attempt at diagnosing training needs of the employees of units operating in health care sector in the … Podkarpacie Province. In times of permanent changes affecting each sphere of economy, providers of health care services cannot … by employees of Health Care Centers (HCC) operating in the Podkarpacie Province, but also the way they are perceived by …

This research tries to assess the dependents and Long Term Care costs for next years in Spain. To do this, it has been …, the legal rules passed between 2006 and 2008, and some former studies about individual costs of long term care. The key …. Finally, the results have been compared with those included in the Long Term Care Act. -- long term care ; cost ; forecasts …

, the working elderly are more satisfied than their non-working peers, which applies to health, income, and life in general …. -- employment of the elderly in Germany …

conditions to access an old pension. The results show that both the pension wealth and the substitution effects play a …

In October 2002, a substitution reform was introduced in the Swedish pharmaceuticals market. In this paper, the effects …