Research · 8 October 2025 · OECD
The Economic Benefit of Promoting Healthy Ageing and Community Care
Selected by Stephen Watson
The economic case for prevention, reablement and care at home and in the community rather than in institutions, with estimates of the savings across OECD countries.
Key figure
Twice as many: the share of people aged 80 and over across the OECD is expected to double by 2050.
About the publisher
An intergovernmental organization of 38 member countries, based in Paris, that publishes comparable data and policy analysis. Since July 2024 most of its new reports carry an open CC BY 4.0 license.
Useful for
Clinic operators, municipalities and senior-living developers designing prevention-led or home-based care models.
Credit and license OECD (2025), The Economic Benefit of Promoting Healthy Ageing and Community Care, OECD Health Policy Studies, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/0f7bc62b-en. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. We host this copy unchanged, under the publisher's open license.
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