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Nursing care for the aged and social services – growing needs and insufficient funds

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  • Herbert Hofmann

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Due to demographic ageing, the number of people in need of nursing care will increase clearly in the coming decades. The present infrastructure for in-patient and out-patient care will not suffice to preserve or even improve the necessary standard of care. Nursing services, nursing homes and also nursing staff will be lacking: A calculation of the personnel requirements in full-time equivalents on the basis of known personnel/nursing-care-case rates shows that up to 2010 a total of 150,000 full-time workers (full-time equivalents) will be needed. Up to 2020 this number could rise to ca. 250,000. Thus, the costs of state nursing-care insurance schemes will continue to rise. Since according to the current rules adjustment on the revenue side is not ensured, a fundamental basic reform of nursing care insurance is urgently necessary.

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  • Herbert Hofmann, 2006. "Nursing care for the aged and social services – growing needs and insufficient funds," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 59(15), pages 24-30, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:ces:ifosdt:v:59:y:2006:i:15:p:24-30
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    • H51 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Health
    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health

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