Funding long-term care: the public and private options
Please note: this is a legacy publication from CPEC (formely PSSRU at LSE).in Elias Mossialos, Josep Figueras & Anna Dixon (eds) Funding Health Care: Options for Europe Open University Press, Berkshire 226-249
Abstract
The need for long-term care arises from a combination of many factors, usually dominated by ageing-related deterioration in health and the ability to care for oneself. The tremendous achievments of previous decades in reducing morbidity and mortality -