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Effect of long-term care insurance on health condition, medical expenditure and family care of the urban elderly in China: a CHARLS data analysis

Zhongguo gonggong weisheng, 2023
ObjectiveTo examine the effect of long-term care insurance on health condition, medical expenditure and family care of urban elderly in China for providing evidence to the improvement of long-term care insurance system and health condition of elderly ...
Xiaoou MAN, Chao MA
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Associations between long-term care-service use and service- or care-need level progression: a nationwide cohort study using the Japanese Long-Term Care Insurance Claims database

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background The effectiveness of the long-term care service in Japan has been unclear, and most of the relevant studies of this service have been limited to a single region and relatively small samples, necessitating large-scale studies.
Kohei Hasegawa, Teruomi Tsukahara, Tetsuo Nomiyama   +2 more
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The effect of long-term care insurance on healthcare utilization of middle-aged and older adults: evidence from China health and retirement longitudinal study

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2023
Background As global ageing continues to increase and many countries face challenges from the growing demand for long-term care. Drawing on the experiences of developed countries, developing countries have explored their own suitable long-term care ...
Songhao Yang, Dandan Guo, Shengxian Bi, Yingchun Chen   +3 more
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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, Pablo Ibarrarán, Sebastian Galiani   +2 more
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Traces of Long-Term Care Insurance in the Literature: A Bibliometric Review

Sosyal Siyaset Konferansları Dergisi
Nowadays, 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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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, Klaus Wingenfeld, Doris Schaeffer   +2 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, Qingyue Liu, Hongdao Meng, Danping Liu, Debra Dobbs, Kathryn Hyer, Kyaien O Conner   +6 more
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Improved Early Referral in Long‐Term Survivor Care With Institutional Standardized Practice Among Childhood Leukemia Survivors#

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 2018, the Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Center Leukemia Program implemented a practice standard to support the transition from treatment to survivorship that includes shared, alternating care between leukemia and survivorship clinicians and a reminder to refer survivors to the long‐term survivor clinic (LTSC) 2 years after ...
Ji Yun Tark, Kayla L. Foster, Omar Shakeel, Mary C. Shapiro, Shawki L. Qasim, ZoAnn Dreyer, Eric S. Schafer, Ashley M. Butler, Austin L. Brown, Maria Monica Gramatges   +9 more
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Why are people with dementia overlooked in long-term care insurance policy in Guangzhou, China?

BMC Health Services Research
Background 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, Yingxin Xu, Wing Kit Chan, Zhongyan Zhang, Sophia Lobanov-Rostovsky, Natasha Curry, Eric John Brunner, Jing Liao   +7 more
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The financing sustainability of long-term care insurance: an example from Nanning, China

Frontiers in Public Health
ObjectiveWith accelerated population aging in China, older adult services and long-term care for people with disabilities are becoming serious problems.
Butong Chen, Butong Chen, Xuhao Zhu, Xuhao Zhu, Huiyu Wang, Lijie Zong, Junqi Feng, Sijing Tu, Sijing Tu, Qianqiang Wang   +9 more
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