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The
European institute for healthcare research and social economy
(IEGUS) develops practical concepts, studies and reports on current challenges in the field. The Institute’s goal is to promote the systematic further development of the health and social sector in Europe – forming the basis for political decision-making processes where the planning horizon is often short-term.
“For better health and care” – the Institute’s guiding theme which encompasses the following key
aspects:
- Determinants and structures of European healthcare and social systems
- Harmonization of requirements on the basis of EU regulations
- Allocation of services and resources, economic efficiency of health and social services
- Structuring of working processes and working-hours models
- Changing demands on education and training, development of new occupations in the health and social economy
- Cross-border health care
- Transition from a curative-oriented to a more preventative-based health care system
- Transfer of knowledge in a European context
IEGUS has contacts to the health and socio-economic bodies of many EU countries, to the European Commission, as well as to Russia and the US.
- Current projects and research plans:
- Further development of quality assurance systems in health care facilities
- Improvement of dementia care in inpatient nursing homes
- Case management, empowerment and inclusion in disabled care
- Research into early occupational exit of nursing staff
- Human resources development in care for the elderly
- Development of new financial compensation systems in rehabilitation welfare in Germany
- Determining success factors of medical care centres
- Assessment of economic effectiveness and efficiency of ambulant and stationary social services
- Analysis of demographic changes and their challenges to the social systems in Europe
- Survey of social change and intercultural competence in the healthcare and social system
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