The projection period is 50 years (currently the the forecasting model is set from 2004 to 2054) with 5 years intervals.
The length of the projection period represents a complete career for a health professional.
In fact, in Belgium, employees have to work 45 years in order to have a full pension and adding the years of training for a health care professional, the result is 50 years. Furthermore, this timeframe permits to “follow” the cohort of students of 2004 until their retirement 45 years later.
However, it is important to stress that this 50-year projection is just the ‘maximum’ projection period contained within the model.
The output of the model contains projections for each 5-year interval within this 50-year period.
As such, short- and medium term projections are available and indeed, often more relevant than this maximum 50-year long-term projection.
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