Patterns of Long Term Care in 29 European countries: evidence from an exploratory study
Background: The challenges posed by the rapidly ageing population, and the increased preponderance of disabled people in this group, coupled with the rising level of public expenditure required to service the complex organization of long term care (LTC) delivery are causing increased pressure on LTC...
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ftunicattolicair:oai:publicatt.unicatt.it:10807/3879 2024-02-11T10:05:14+01:00 Patterns of Long Term Care in 29 European countries: evidence from an exploratory study Damiani, Gianfranco Sicuro, Lorella Ricciardi, Gualtiero Damiani, Gianfranco Farelli, Valentina Anselmi, Angela Sicuro, Lorella Solipaca, Alessandro Burgio, Alessandra Iezzi, Domenica Fioredistella Ricciardi, Walter 2011 http://hdl.handle.net/10807/3879 https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-11-316 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/11/316 eng eng country:GBR info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/PMID: 22098693 PMCID: PMC3228675 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000297668100001 issue:Novembre firstpage:N/A lastpage:N/A issueyear:2011 journal:BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH http://hdl.handle.net/10807/3879 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-11-316 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-81255166048 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/11/316 Long Term Care Activity of Dalily Living Multiple Factors Analysis Settore MED/42 - IGIENE GENERALE E APPLICATA info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2011 ftunicattolicair https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-11-316 2024-01-16T23:21:14Z Background: The challenges posed by the rapidly ageing population, and the increased preponderance of disabled people in this group, coupled with the rising level of public expenditure required to service the complex organization of long term care (LTC) delivery are causing increased pressure on LTC systems in Europe. A pan- European survey was carried out to evaluate whether patterns of LTC can be identified across Europe and what are the trends of the countries along them. Methods: An ecological study was conducted on the 27 EU Member States plus Norway and Iceland, referring to the period 2003-2007. Several variables related to organizational features, elderly needs and expenditure were drawn from OECD Health Data and the Eurostat Statistics database and combined using Multiple Factor Analysis (MFA). Results: Two global Principal Components were taken into consideration given that their expressed total variance was greater than 60%. They were interpreted according to the higher (more than 0.5) positive or negative correlation coefficients between them and the original variables; thus patterns of LTC were identified. High alignment between old age related expenditure and elderly needs characterizes Nordic and Western European countries, the former also having a higher level of formal care than the latter. Mediterranean as well as Central and South Eastern European countries show lower alignment between old age related expenditure and elderly needs, coupled with a level of provision of formal care that is around or slightly above the average European level. In the dynamic comparison, linear, stable or unclear trends were shown for the studied countries. Conclusions: The analysis carried out is an explorative and descriptive study, which is an attempt to reveal patterns and trends of LTC in Europe, allowing comparisons between countries. It also stimulates further researches with lower aggregated data useful to gain meaningful policy-making evidence. Please see related article: ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore: PubliCatt Norway BMC Health Services Research 11 1 |
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Background: The challenges posed by the rapidly ageing population, and the increased preponderance of disabled people in this group, coupled with the rising level of public expenditure required to service the complex organization of long term care (LTC) delivery are causing increased pressure on LTC systems in Europe. A pan- European survey was carried out to evaluate whether patterns of LTC can be identified across Europe and what are the trends of the countries along them. Methods: An ecological study was conducted on the 27 EU Member States plus Norway and Iceland, referring to the period 2003-2007. Several variables related to organizational features, elderly needs and expenditure were drawn from OECD Health Data and the Eurostat Statistics database and combined using Multiple Factor Analysis (MFA). Results: Two global Principal Components were taken into consideration given that their expressed total variance was greater than 60%. They were interpreted according to the higher (more than 0.5) positive or negative correlation coefficients between them and the original variables; thus patterns of LTC were identified. High alignment between old age related expenditure and elderly needs characterizes Nordic and Western European countries, the former also having a higher level of formal care than the latter. Mediterranean as well as Central and South Eastern European countries show lower alignment between old age related expenditure and elderly needs, coupled with a level of provision of formal care that is around or slightly above the average European level. In the dynamic comparison, linear, stable or unclear trends were shown for the studied countries. Conclusions: The analysis carried out is an explorative and descriptive study, which is an attempt to reveal patterns and trends of LTC in Europe, allowing comparisons between countries. It also stimulates further researches with lower aggregated data useful to gain meaningful policy-making evidence. Please see related article: ... |
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Patterns of Long Term Care in 29 European countries: evidence from an exploratory study |
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Patterns of Long Term Care in 29 European countries: evidence from an exploratory study |
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Patterns of Long Term Care in 29 European countries: evidence from an exploratory study |
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Patterns of Long Term Care in 29 European countries: evidence from an exploratory study |
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