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Long-Term Care in Latin America and the Caribbean: Theory and Policy Considerations
Economía, 2019 This paper discusses theoretical and practical issues related to long-term care (LTC) services in Latin America. Demand for these services will rise as the region undergoes a swift demographic transition from its currently young population to a rapidly ...
Martín Caruso Bloeck +2 more
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Social long-term care insurance and redistribution [PDF]
International Tax and Public Finance, 2011 We study the role of social long-term care (LTC) insurance when income taxation and private insurance markets are imperfect. Policy instruments include public provision of LTC as well as a subsidy on private insurance. The subsidy scheme may be linear or nonlinear.
Pestieau, Pierre, Cremer, Helmuth
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Determining eligibility for long-term care - lessons from Germany
International Journal of Integrated Care, 2011 Objectives: This paper addresses recent steps for reforming the eligibility criteria of the German long-term care insurance that have been initiated to overcome shortcomings in the current system.Methods: Based on findings of a survey of international ...
Andreas Buescher +2 more
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Frontiers in Public HealthBackgroundWith the rapid aging of the population, the health needs of the older adult have increased significantly, resulting in the frequent occurrence of the “social hospitalization” problem, which has led to a rapid increase in hospitalization costs ...
Tiantian Che +4 more
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Factors associated with willingness to enter long-term care facilities among older adults in Chengdu, China. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 OBJECTIVE:To describe Chinese older adults' willingness to enter long-term care facilities and to examine individual factors associated with the willingness of using this growing model of long-term care in China. METHODS:A cross-sectional study involving
Ziyue Huang +6 more
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Traces of Long-Term Care Insurance in the Literature: A Bibliometric Review
Sosyal Siyaset Konferansları DergisiNowadays, factors such as the ageing of the population and the prolongation of life expectancy make it mandatory to create effective social policies by considering the health and care needs of societies.
Yusuf Can Çalışır
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the diagnostic yield and utility of universal paired tumor–normal multigene panel sequencing in newly diagnosed pediatric solid and central nervous system (CNS) tumor patients and to compare the detection of germline pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants (PV/LPVs) against established clinical referral criteria for cancer ...
Natalie Waligorski +9 more
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Why are people with dementia overlooked in long-term care insurance policy in Guangzhou, China?
BMC Health Services ResearchBackground and objectives There is a growing demand for dementia care to be funded by long-term care insurance (LTCI). However, evidence indicates that people with dementia are overlooked in China’s LTCI policy and empirical research on this issue is ...
Bei Ye +7 more
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The financing sustainability of long-term care insurance: an example from Nanning, China
Frontiers in Public HealthObjectiveWith accelerated population aging in China, older adult services and long-term care for people with disabilities are becoming serious problems.
Butong Chen +9 more
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Prevalence and Trajectory of Household Material Hardship Among Children With Advanced Cancer
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Families of children with advanced cancer living in poverty experience inferior outcomes including poor parent mental health and worse child quality of life. Household material hardship (HMH: food, housing, transportation, and/or utility insecurity) is a modifiable poverty exposure—and potential intervention target—that ...
Sarah Wright +13 more
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