The Oxford Handbook of the Welfare State is the authoritative and definitive guide to the contemporary welfare state. In a volume consisting of nearly fifty newly-written chapters, a broad range of the world's leading scholars offer a comprehensive account of everything one needs to know about...

Contributors to this volume - Helmut Anheier, LSE and UCLA Giuliano Bonoli, University of Fribourg Jochn Clasen, University of Stirling Daniel Clegg, University of Oxford Mary Daly, Queen's University, Belfast Hartley Dean, LSE Jane Lewis, University of Oxford Ruth Lister, Loughborough...

Current UK policy with respect to the provision of health and social care for older people suggests that greater integration is required. Economists' attempts to assist resource allocation decisions, however, are very health focused, with concentration on the use of health-related quality of...