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To promote transparency and provide information, the Federal Planning Bureau regularly publishes the methods and results of its works. The publications are organised in different series, such as Outlooks, Working Papers and Planning Papers. Some reports can be consulted here, along with the Short Term Update newsletters that were published until 2015. You can search our publications by theme, publication type, author and year.
This report describes the organization of the Belgian long-term care system. It can be characterized as a mixed system with extensive public care provision and substantial support from informal care mainly within the family. While the current volume and quality of services appears to be adequate, the future increase in the number of dependent elderly persons over the next two decades as a result of demographic ageing can be expected to become a serious challenge, both in terms of required formal and informal care capacity and financially.
The Working Paper presents a study or analysis conducted by the Federal Planning Bureau on its own initiative.
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Social protection, demography and prospective studies > Financial developments for social protection
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Public Economics [H]
Public Economics > National Government Expenditures and Related Policies > Social Security and Public Pensions [H55]
Health, Education, and Welfare > Health > Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health [I18]
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