... Finland, the UK, the Netherlands and Spain (Osterkamp, 2002). Therefore, the analysis of hospital admissions/discharges and contacts with doctors shows the utilisation and not the demand for ... work and temporary contracts. This paper presents the results of data collection and analyses for the participating EU countries – Belgium, France, Finland, the Netherlands, Spain, the UK and ... subdivided by gender and age groups – of hospital admissions or discharges, length of hospital stay, contacts with doctors, long-term care-giving in institutions and at home by professional and informal...