EURHOMAP: Mapping professional home care in Europe

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Italy

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1 September 2007 until 1 September 2010.

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In general, the objective of EURHOMAP aims to show the variation in the degree of development and the levels of provision and utilisation of professional home care in the countries in Europe. This will be achieved by gathering, analysing and disseminating information on various aspects of home care Organisation and provision of home care services; including manpower, cooperation and the application of technology/domotica ; Aspects: current policies and policy trends influencing home care; expenditures and financing of home care; categories of patients and their needs and the role of informal carers; patients preferences and experiences with home care; general indicators relevant for home care.

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EURHOMAP will show the preparedness of European health care systems for coping with changes in care preferences and increasing demands for community health services because of demographical changes. More specifically, the objective of EURHOMAP is to show the variation in the degree of development and the levels of provision and utilisation of professional home care in the countries in Europe. This will be achieved by gathering, analysing and disseminating information on various aspects of home care services.

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Social Systems & Welfare

Foreseen results and outcomes:

The ultimate result of EURHOMAP is to put home care on the European map by showing its different roles (e.g. good practices) in European health care systems, the variation in financing and provision, the links with other sectors of health care and social services, and the type of patients' needs and demand home care is responding to.

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The EURHOMAP project is coordinated by NIVEL (Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research) and involves a network of institutions and organisations from 9 member states. NIVEL - Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research, NL IRDES - Institute for research and information in health economics, F Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences Berlin, D Corvinus University Budapest, Department of Public Policy andManagement, Hu I.N.R.C.A. - National Institute for the Resta and Care of the Elderly, IT AMB - Medical University of Bialystok, P IDIAP Jordi Gol, Institute for Primary Health Care Research, S BTH - Bleklinge Institute of Technology, School of Health Science, SW The University of Sheffield, ScHARR - School of Health and Related Research, UK

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EURHOMAP is supported by the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, the European Public Health Association (EUPHA), and the European Forum for Primary Care.

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