Demographic evolution will considerably increase the number of people aged 65 years and
beyond in the coming decades. The elderly not only represent the most heterogeneous …

Aims Cardiovascular disease (CVD), together with its main components, coronary heart
disease (CHD), and cerebrovascular diseases, is the main source of morbidity and mortality …

Policy context:-All countries in Europe are experiencing an ageing of their populations, with
a decrease in the number of people of working age per retiree.-Health trends among the …

Over the past few years, there has been increased interest in data mining and machine
learning methods to improve hospital performance, in particular hospitals want to improve …

Integrated care is difficult to define and understand since it represents a complex service
innovation in the way health and care services should be redesigned around people's …

Objective: To estimate the economic burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the United
Kingdom, including health and non-healthcare costs, and the proportion of total CVD cost …

This paper reports findings from a European Commission funded study of future long-term
care expenditure in Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, and presents projections …

Executive summary Better management of people with long-term conditions has been a key
priority of the NHS since the early 1990s. At that time it was recognised that if people with …

OBJECTIVES: During the 1990s, use of home care sector has increased substantially in
Europe. However, research on home care continues to be underreported. This article …

In several OECD countries the percentage of elderly in long-term care institutions has been
declining as a result of ageing-in-place. However, due to the rapid ageing of population in …