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Public Provision and Financing of Long-Term Care : Case Studies in Middle- and High-income Countries.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cheng, Terence C.
Other Authors: Yip, Winnie., Feng, Zhanlian.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Geneva : World Health Organization, 2024.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Executive summary
  • 1 Background
  • 2 Classifying LTC financing systems
  • 2.1 Study objectives and methods
  • 2.2 Overview of included countries
  • 2.3 Classification of public LTC financing systems: an overview
  • 2.4 Public LTC financing classification and country summary
  • 2.4.1 Mixed system of universal and means-tested programmes
  • 2.4.2 Means-tested programmes
  • 3 Public provision of LTC services and subsidies
  • 3.1 Residential care homes
  • 3.1.1 Availability
  • 3.1.2 Eligibility
  • 3.1.3 Benefits
  • 3.1.4 Financing mechanisms and cost-sharing
  • 3.2 Home- and community-based LTC care programmes
  • 3.2.1 Governance arrangements and service providers
  • 3.2.2 Eligibility
  • 3.2.3 Services and benefits
  • 3.2.4 Financing mechanisms and user contributions
  • 4 Cash allowance programmes
  • 5 LTCI programmes
  • 5.1 LTCI in Japan, the Netherlands (Kingdom of the) and Singapore
  • 5.2 LTCI pilots in China
  • 5.2.1 Financing mechanism and revenue raising
  • 5.2.2 Eligibility
  • 5.2.3 Benefits and cost-sharing
  • 5.2.4 Service provision
  • 6 Assessing advantages and disadvantages
  • 6.1 Means-tested versus universal coverage
  • 6.1.1 Advantages and disadvantages
  • 6.1.2 Public social insurance approach to financing universal LTC
  • 6.1.3 Tax-based financing for universal LTC coverage
  • 6.2 Direct provision versus purchasing
  • 6.3 Centralized (national) versus decentralized (subnational)
  • 6.4 Financing for medical care versus LTC
  • 6.5 Leveraging government subsidies to incentivize LTC provision and access
  • 6.5.1 Supply-side subsidies to service providers
  • 6.5.2 Demand-side subsidies to service users
  • 7 Summary and lessons learned for LMICs
  • References.

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