Ageing in the European Union
Ageing in the European Union
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DOI：
10.1016/s0140-6736(12)62087-x
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发表时间：
2013-04-13
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168.9
通讯作者：
McKee, Martin
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作者：
Rechel, Bernd;Grundy, Emily;McKee, Martin
欧洲人口老龄化给卫生、长期护理和福利制度带来了新的挑战。尽管有关老龄化对福利国家构成根本威胁的报道似乎有些夸张，但社会必须接受各种政策选择，以改善欧洲健康、长期护理和福利体系的稳健性，并帮助人们在老年时保持健康和活跃。这些政策选择包括预防和促进健康、更好的自我保健、加强保健协调、改进入院和出院管理、改进长期保健制度以及新的工作和养恤金安排。卫生工作者的老龄化是另一个挑战，需要在招聘年轻从业人员的同时，推行满足老年工作者（即50岁或以上）特殊需求的政策。
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 seem exaggerated, societies have to embrace various policy options to improve the robustness of health, long-term care, and welfare systems in Europe and to help people to stay healthy and active in old age. These policy options include prevention and health promotion, better selfcare, increased coordination of care, improved management of hospital admissions and discharges, improved systems of long-term care, and new work and pension arrangements. Ageing of the health workforce is another challenge, and policies will need to be pursued that meet the particular needs of older workers (ie, those aged 50 years or older) while recruiting young practitioners.