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From fragmentation toward integration: a preliminary study of a new long-term care policy in a fast-aging country

BMC Geriatrics, 2019
Background Taiwan, one of the fastest-aging countries in the world, started implementing version 1.0 of its long-term care (LTC) plan in 2008. In 2017, LTC Plan 2.0 began a new era with its goal to integrate Taiwan’s fragmented LTC service system.
Tzu-Ying Chiu, Hsiao-Wei Yu, Rei Goto, Wen-Lin Lai, Hsi-Chang Li, En-Tien Tsai, Ya-Mei Chen   +6 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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PREMIUMS CALCULATION OF TERMINAL ILLNESS INSURANCE

Barekeng, 2023
One related type of critical illness insurance is Long Term Care (LTC) Insurance. This study discusses the calculation of LTC insurance premiums with an annuity as a rider benefit.
Neva Satyahadewi, Hani Dwi Retnani, Hendra Perdana, Ray Tamtama, Siti Aprizkiyandari   +4 more
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Family spillovers and long-term care insurance [PDF]

Journal of Health Economics, 2020
Abstract We examine how the presence of long-term care insurance (LTCI) spills over to family outcomes, including informal care, co-residence, and labor supply of adult children. We instrument for long-term care insurance with changes in state tax policies to address the endogeneity of LTCI coverage.
Norma B. Coe, Gopi Shah Goda, Courtney Harold Van Houtven   +2 more
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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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Lapses in long‐term care insurance

Journal of Risk and Insurance, 2023
AbstractAbout a quarter of long‐term care insurance (LTCI) policy holders aged 65 let their policies lapse before death, forfeiting all benefits. We find that lapse rates are substantially higher among the cognitively impaired in the Health and Retirement Study.
Leora Friedberg, Wenliang Hou, Wei Sun, Anthony Webb   +3 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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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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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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Long-term care needs and hospitalization costs with long-term care insurance: a mixed-sectional study

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundWith 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, Jia Li, Jun Li, Xiaobo Chen, Zangyi Liao   +4 more
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