This report was prepared in the OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (ELS). It was drafted by the long-term care team. Ana Llena-Nozal led the team and co‑ordinated the project and the publication. Soohyun Kim, Ricarda Milstein and Ana Llena-Nozal authored the various chapters of the publication.
The authors would like to thank the country delegates and experts who provided responses to the questionnaire. The report also benefited from the very helpful comments received by delegates from the OECD Health Committee meeting. We are very grateful to Francesca Colombo, Head of the Health Division, for supervising the preparation of this report and providing useful comments on various drafts. We also thank Stefano Scarpetta and Mark Pearson, Director and Deputy Director of Employment, Labour and Social Affairs at the OECD for their guidance and extensive comments on various versions of the report. We also thank Wouter de Tavernier, Clara Giendl and Paola Sillitti for their contributions to various chapters and Eileen Rocard for her data analysis.