Notes about Comparing Long-Term Care Expenditures across Countries. Comment on "Financing Long-Term Care: Lessons from Japan"

The comparison of long-term care (LTC) expenditures is a difficult task. National LTC systems differ widely in terms of eligibility criteria, level of benefits, institutional variety and regional heterogeneity. In this commentary I will first give some general remarks on cross country comparisons. T...

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Published in:International journal of health policy and management 2020-02, Vol.9 (2), p.80-82
Main Author: Geyer, Johannes
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cost control
Finance
Germany
Health administration
Health care industry
Health Expenditures
Humans
Insurance, Long-Term Care
International comparison
Japan
Long term care insurance
Long-Term Care
Medical economics
Public expenditures
Public finance
Retirement benefits
Social insurance
Social services
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Summary:The comparison of long-term care (LTC) expenditures is a difficult task. National LTC systems differ widely in terms of eligibility criteria, level of benefits, institutional variety and regional heterogeneity. In this commentary I will first give some general remarks on cross country comparisons. Then I discuss the role of the informal sector which is the most important pillar of all LTC systems. I conclude with some background on current developments in Germany. Different from Japan Germany is extending its LTC insurance instead of containing costs.
ISSN:2322-5939
2322-5939
DOI:10.15171/ijhpm.2019.87