Long term care and the role of indicators

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Long term care and the role of indicators

• David Stanton
• Chair of Indicators sub Group of the Social
  protection Committee

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OMC

• Agreeing common objectives
• Agreeing a set of common indicators
• Preparing national strategic reports
• Evaluating these strategies jointly with the
  European Commission and the Member States
• Learning from each other through a series of
  tools supported by the Commission such as peer
  reviews, study programs, networks, etc

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Long term Care Objectives

• Access
• Quality
• Affordable
• Financially sustainable
• promotion of healthy and active lifestyles

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Life expectancy at birth, women, 1986, 1996 and
2006
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Long-term care expenditure as percentage of GDP,
2003-2005

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• Demography Should there be greater stress on
  sensitivity testing for greater longevity and
  worsening morbidity?
• Sustainability Does variety of funding
  mechanisms provide a rich basis for cross country
  learning or are the institutional arrangements so
  diverse that comparisons and learning
  opportunities are limited
• Quality What more can be done to develop
  quantitative indicators of quality that can allow
  meaningful analysis across Member States?