Between now and 2030, every country will experience population ageing—a trend that is
both pronounced and historically unprecedented. Over the past six decades, countries of the …

Although the consequences of population aging for growth in health expenditures have
been widely investigated, research on this topic is rather fragmented. Therefore, these …

The ageing of European populations presents health, long-term care, and welfare systems
with new challenges. Although reports of ageing as a fundamental threat to the welfare state …

Background Coordinated and appropriate health care across sectors is an ongoing
challenge, especially at the end-of-life. Population-level data on end-of-life health care use …

Policy context:-All countries in Europe are experiencing an ageing of their populations, with
a decrease in the number of people of working age per retiree.-Health trends among the …

Objectives. In this study, we investigated the relative contributions of both age and time to
death to health care expenditures for elderly Medicare beneficiaries. We also analyzed …

Zweifel and colleagues have previously proposed that proximity to death is a more important
influence on health‐care costs than age, suggesting that demographic change per se will …

This paper considers the processes and circumstances that create vulnerability among older
people, specifically to a very poor quality of life or an untimely or degrading death. Models of …

The authors examine the role and nature of the market for voluntary health insurance in the
European Union and review the impact of public policy, at both the national and EU levels …

Health expenditure depends heavily on age. Common wisdom is that the age pattern is
dominated by costs in the last year of life. Knowledge about these costs is important for the …