title: [Municipal planning of care services between competition neutrality and demand planning. An example of care structure planning in Rhineland-Palatinate].
abstract: In times of demographic and social change, it is increasingly important to ensure the availability of care services to cover the growing demand. With the implementation of the German long-term insurance act in 1994, the responsibility of states and municipalities was maintained; however, given the long-term care legislation's market orientation and competition neutrality, the classic instruments for demand planning and supervision of infrastructure developments were lost. This leads to new challenges for states and municipalities: their conventional objective-oriented planning lacks professional and juridical legitimization. Calculations of requirements must relate to methodology and professional expertise. In order to exercise their influence on infrastructure development, instruments of demand planning other than subsidization are required. Using the example of Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palatinate) and the newly implemented care structure planning, the concept of care monitoring is introduced, and instruments to influence infrastructure development are outlined.
authors.affiliation: AGP, Institut für angewandte Sozialforschung im FIVE-Forschungs- und Innovationsverbund an der Evangelischen Hochschule Freiburg e. V., Bugginger Str. 38, 79114, Freiburg, Deutschland. klie@eh-freiburg.de
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authors.lastname: Klie
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authors.lastname: Pfundstein
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002958:City Planning; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D004779:Environment Design; D005858:Germany; D006284:Health Plan Implementation; D006285:Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006287:Health Planning Guidelines; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006707:Homes for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008875:Middle Aged; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000458:organization & administration; D011157:Population Dynamics