TAILIEUCHUNG - The German Social Long-Term Care Insurance: Structure and Reform Options

The verification of care needs is the responsibility of the long-term care insurance funds. The funds entrust the task of identifying, verifying and assessing the severity of care needs to the Medical Review Board of the Statutory Health Insurance Funds, which is primarily made up of doctors and nurses. The assessment takes place in the home of the insured person provided they give their consent. If such an assessment is not performed the insurance funds are entitled to refuse to pay benefits. The Medical Review Boards examine the care needs on the basis of the following categories: Body care. | I z A DISCUSSION PAPER SERIES IZA DP No. 2625 The German Social Long-Term Care Insurance Structure and Reform Options Melanie Arntz Ralf Sacchetto Alexander Spermann Susanne Steffes Sarah Widmaier February 2007 Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit Institute for the Study of Labor The German Social Long-Term Care Insurance Structure and Reform Options Melanie Arntz ZEW Mannheim Ralf Sacchetto ZEW Mannheim Alexander Spermann ZEW Mannheim University of Freiburg and IZA Bonn Susanne Steffes ZEW Mannheim Sarah Widmaier ZEW Mannheim Discussion Paper No. 2625 February 2007 IZA . Box 7240 53072 Bonn Germany Phone 49-228-3894-0 Fax 49-228-3894-180 E-mail iza@ Any opinions expressed here are those of the author s and not those of the institute. Research disseminated by IZA may include views on policy but the institute itself takes no institutional policy positions. The Institute for the Study of Labor IZA in Bonn is a local and virtual international research center and a place of communication between science politics and business. IZA is an independent nonprofit company supported by Deutsche Post World Net. The center is associated with the University of Bonn and offers a stimulating research environment through its research networks research support and visitors and doctoral programs. IZA engages in i original and internationally competitive research in all fields of labor economics ii development of policy concepts and iii dissemination of research results and concepts to the interested public. IZA Discussion Papers often represent preliminary work and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be available directly from the author. IZA Discussion Paper No. 2625 February 2007 ABSTRACT The German Social Long-Term Care Insurance Structure and Reform Options Regarding social needs in Germany long-term care is an important issue due to an ageing population. Shrinking .

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