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** NEW ** COM(2004) 304 final - Modernising social protection for the development of high-quality, accessible and sustainable health care and long-term care: support for the national strategies using the
“open method of coordination”(21/04/2004)
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Joint Commission/Council Report on supporting national strategies for the future of health care and care for the elderly (10/03/2003)
This report is based on the Member States replies submitted by the Member States in 2002 in reply to a Questionnaire on Health and Long-Term Care for the Elderly. The joint report was endorsed by the Council on 6 March (Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs) and on 7 March (Economic and Financial Affairs) as a contribution to the European Council on 20-21 March 2003.
Available in pdf format  
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Proposal by the Commission for a Joint Commission-Council report
on Health care and care for the elderly (COM(2002)774 final, 3.1.2003)
(Based on the Member States replies to a questionnaire, see below)
available in PDF format in
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Questionnaire on Health and
Long-Term Care for the Elderly, by the Social Protection Committee
2002
available in PDF format in
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The future of health care and care for the elderly:
guaranteeing accessibility, quality and financial viability. (Communication
from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic
and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions; COM (2001)
723 final, 05.12.2001) available in PDF format in
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For earlier and related documents please see
also the WebPages :
Social
Protection
Ageing
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MISSOC - Mutual information system on social protection in the European Union and
the EEA
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Missoc-Info 03/2002 - Health
Care in Europe |
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Comparative Tables on Social
Protection in the Member States and the European Economic Area (01/01/2002) |
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MISSCEEC - Mutual Information System on Social Protection in the Central and Eastern European Countries
- Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovak Republic and Slovenia MISSCEEC |
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Studies / Reports
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European Study of Long Term care Expenditure: (20/06/2003)
A recent LSI study commissioned by E1 investigates the sensitivity of long-term care expenditure in four Member States
(Germany, United Kingdom, Italy and Spain), with regard to changes in mortality rates, dependency rates and provision
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The social protection systems, including health care, in the 13 Candidate Countries (25/3/2003)
The findings from a series of studies on the social protection systems of 13 Candidate Countries |
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The Final Summary:
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 : Pensions
- Chapter 2 : Health
- Chapter 3 : Social Exclusion
- Conclusions
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The individual country
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Conference on "The modernisation of social protection systems in Candidate Countries", in Brussels
5 - 6 December 2002.
Read the news article. |
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Voluntary health insurance in the European Union:
Study prepared by the European Observatory on Health Care Systems
and the London School of Economics. (February 2002) available in PDF
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