A study compared a sample of Swedish people older than 75 who needed in-home assistance with a similar sample of Israel people  The people in the two samples received both informal assistance, provided by family and friends, and formal assistance, professionally provided
Although Sweden and Israel have equally well-funded and comprehensive systems for providing formal assistance, the study found that the people in the Swedish sample received more formal assistance, on average, than those in the Israeli sample
In recent decades, the increase in life expectancy of someone who is 75 years old has been greater in Israel than in Sweden.