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Thirteen papers explore general trends in long-term care policy reform in Europe and their consequences. Papers discuss reforms in long-term care policies in Europe--an introduction; long-term care systems in comparative perspective--care needs, informal and formal coverage, and social impacts in European countries; long-term care in Sweden--trends, actors, and consequences; trajectories of change in Danish long term care policies--reproduction by adaptation through top-down and bottom-up reforms; long-term care reforms in the Netherlands; radical institutional change and incremental transformation--long-term care insurance in Germany; steps toward a long-term care policy in France--specificities, process, and actors; long-term care reform in Austria--emergence and development of a new welfare state pillar; long term care reform in England--a long and unfinished story; long-term care in Spain--between family care tradition and the public recognition of social risk; long-term care Italian policies--a case of inertial institutional change; long-term care reform in Central-Eastern Europe--the case of the Czech Republic; and institutional change in long-term care--actors, mechanisms, and impacts. Ranci is Professor in Economic Sociology at the Polytechnic of Milan. Pavolini is an economic sociologist and Associate Professor at the University of Macerata. Index.

EEC / European Union - EU -Europese Unie - Union Européenne - UE --- SE / Sweden - Zweden - Suede --- DK / Denmark - Denemarken - Danemark --- NL / Netherlands - Nederland - Pays Bas --- DE / Germany - Duitsland - Allemagne --- FR / France - Frankrijk --- AT / Austria - Oostenrijk - Autriche --- GB / United Kingdom - Verenigd Koninkrijk - Royaume Uni --- ES / Spain - Spanje - Espagne --- IT / Italy - Italië - Italie --- CZ / Czech Republic - Tsjechië - Tchéquie --- 202 --- 368.40 --- 336.024 --- 330.580 --- Sociale organisatie. --- Sociale voorzorg en verzekeringen. Sociale zekerheid: algemeenheden. --- Sociale begroting, rekeningen en uitgaven. Gezondheid. --- Gecontroleerde economie. Geleide economie. Welvaarststaat. Algemeenheden. --- Long-Term Care --- WT 31 Long-Term Care --- Long-term care facilities --- Extended care facilities --- Health facilities --- Hospitals --- Long-term care of the sick --- Administration --- Sociale organisatie --- Gecontroleerde economie. Geleide economie. Welvaarststaat. Algemeenheden --- Sociale begroting, rekeningen en uitgaven. Gezondheid --- Sociale voorzorg en verzekeringen. Sociale zekerheid: algemeenheden --- After care --- Europe --- Organization and Administration --- Health Care Reform --- Economics --- Policy