Healthcare and Elderly Care in Europe: Institutions, Challenges, and Solutions for Better Coordination

The need for coordination in healthcare and elderly care is at an all-time high due to growing caseloads, limited funding, and staff shortages. This book conducts a cross-national analysis of coordination problems in healthcare and long-term care systems and provides novel insights on how to improve the lives of the elderly. It focuses on four European welfare states with well-developed healthcare and long-term care systems and examines the two critical interfaces of the transition from hospital care to home care and integrated home care arrangements. The authors identify best practice examples of healthcare and long-term coordination and suggest original solutions in financing reform, institutionalization, and academization.

Format: Hardback
Length: 192 pages
Publication date: 11 August 2023
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

The demand for coordination in healthcare and elderly care has reached unprecedented levels due to escalating caseloads, constrained funding, and staff shortages. This timely publication conducts a comprehensive cross-national analysis of coordination challenges in healthcare and long-term care systems, offering novel insights on enhancing the well-being of the elderly population.

The book specifically focuses on four European welfare states renowned for their well-developed healthcare and long-term care systems: Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland. It delves into the two crucial interfaces of the transition from hospital care to home care and integrated home care arrangements. Through the utilization of empirical data and extensive interviews with key stakeholder organizations, the authors identify exemplary best practices in healthcare and long-term coordination.

The book addresses both professional-level and system-level coordination problems, proposing innovative solutions in financing reform, institutionalization, and academization. Healthcare and Elderly Care in Europe will captivate scholars and students interested in health policy, long-term care, the sociology of health, welfare states, and comparative public policy. Moreover, it will serve as a valuable resource for policymakers seeking to design efficient healthcare and long-term care systems.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781802204063