Organisation och marknadsorientering av äldreomsorgen : En jämförelse mellan Sverige och Tyskland

Sammanfattning: Organisation and market orientation of elderly care This comparative literature study is intended to describe how elderly care is organised and financed in Germany and Sweden. Furthermore, it analyses the degree of competition and market orientation in both countries' care systems. Important aspects in this context are the kinds of measurements which are used on the two markets and the question if there are quasimarkets. The theoretical backgrounds of the study are Esping-Andersen's "Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism" and Harold Wilensky's convergence theory. Esping-Andersen's theory describes Sweden as a social democratic and Germany as a conservative welfare regime which means that there are different conditions for the development of welfare. The use of Wilensky's theory shows that both welfare systems are converging since the end of the 20th century. Measurements which aim to increase the efficiency of the different services of care seem to become more important. This will take more and more effect on elderly care, since the pressure for cost reduction will grow simultaneously.