欧洲联盟老龄化问题
Bernd Rechel1, Emily Grundy, Jean-Marie Robine
1European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK. bernd.rechel@lshtm.ac.uk
Lancet (London, England)
|April 2, 2013
概括
欧洲人口老龄化对健康和福利体系构成挑战. 需要政策选择来加强护理系统和支持健康老龄化,包括劳动力战略.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 卫生政策 卫生政策
背景情况:
- 欧洲人口正在老龄化,对现有的健康,长期护理和福利制度构成重大挑战.
- 虽然老龄化对福利国家的威胁可能被夸大了,但积极的政策调整至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 确定和推加强欧洲卫生,长期护理和福利制度的政策选择.
- 探索促进欧洲人口健康和积极老龄化的战略.
- 为应对老龄化的卫生工作人员所带来的具体挑战.
主要方法:
- 本研究基于对当前人口趋势的审查和与欧洲人口老龄化相关的政策分析.
- 它综合了现有的关于医疗保健,社会护理和就业方面的有效干预措施的研究.
- 该分析考虑了各种政策杆,包括预防,护理协调和劳动力管理.
主要成果:
- 社会必须采取一系列的政策选择来加强健康,长期护理和福利制度.
- 关键策略包括加强预防和健康促进,改善自我护理,改善护理协调,以及优化住院/出院流程.
- 为了应对老龄化的卫生工作人员,需要制定支持老年工作者的政策,并吸引年轻的从业人员.
结论:
- 积极的政策干预对于确保欧洲福利和医疗保健系统在面对人口变化时的可持续性和稳健性至关重要.
- 包括公共卫生,社会护理和就业政策在内的多方面的方法是必要的,以支持健康的老龄化和管理劳动力挑战.
- 适应人口老龄化需要提供护理和劳动力发展的创新解决方案,以保持社会福祉.
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