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Dependency insurance in Belgium

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  • Karakaya, Güngör

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In this paper we analyze the system of long-term care insurance currently in place in Belgium or rather in Flanders (the Dutch-speaking part of the country), since the French and German-speaking parts have not yet such insurance. More precisely, we review the scope, benefits, financing and functioning of the Flemish dependency insurance (called the Vlaamse Zorgverzekering) and present some statistics regarding the number of persons affiliated to the Vlaamse Zorgverzekering, the number and percentage of approved applications, the grants awarded by the Government of Flanders and the revenue and expenditure/costs relating to the Flemish dependency insurance system in order to comprehend the key factors explaining some evolution related to the dependency in Belgium. Analyses show that the adjustments and successive changes that the dependency insurance has undergone are explained by its success in terms of claims for benefits. We also find that the problem of equity and adverse selection favorable to the inhabitants of Brussels at the expense of the Flemish people is reduced owing to the different treatments for the two regions.

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  • Karakaya, Güngör, 2009. "Dependency insurance in Belgium," MPRA Paper 13396, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    1. Gungor Karakaya, 2009. "Dependency insurance in Belgium," DULBEA Working Papers 09-05.RS, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
    2. Gungor Karakaya & Rodrigo J. Ruz Torres, 2006. "Inégalités régionales en matière de dépendance en Belgique: perspectives à long terme," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/9397, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
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    1. Karakaya, Güngör, 2009. "Dependency insurance in Belgium," MPRA Paper 13396, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    Keywords

    Long-term care; Old age assistance; Subsidies; Revenue and Expenditures for health;
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    JEL classification:

    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • H75 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Government: Health, Education, and Welfare
    • H71 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue

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