Trajectories of change in danish long term care policies-reproduction by adaptation through top-down and bottom-up reforms

Abstract

The literature often sees universalism and local autonomy as the key tenets of Nordic care regimes (Burau et al. 2007); the former refers to substantive aspects of long term care policies Long term care policies, while the latter refers to procedural aspects. Against this background, the case of Denmark Denmark is interesting in two respects. Firstly, among the Nordic countries, long term care policies Long term care policies remain the most universal in terms of coverage, which is reflected in the level of public expenditure. Secondly, Denmark combines institutional change from below (nonlegislative change) with institutional change from above (legislative change).