China’s Rapidly Aging Population Creates Policy Challenges In Shaping A Viable Long-Term Care System

In China, formal long-term care services for the large aging population have increased to meet escalating demands as demographic shifts and socioeconomic changes have eroded traditional elder care. We analyze China's evolving long-term care landscape and trace major government policies and priv...

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Published in:	Health Affairs 2012-12, Vol.31 (12), p.2764-2773
Main Authors:	Feng, Zhanlian, Liu, Chang, Guan, Xinping, Mor, Vincent
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Adult Adult children Age Aged Aged, 80 and over Aging Aging - physiology Caregivers China China (People's Republic) Community health care Community-based programs Delivery of Health Care - organization & administration Demographic change Demographics Educational systems Elder care Enforcement Families & family life Female Geriatric Assessment - methods Health care policy Health insurance Health Planning - organization & administration Health Policy Humans Information systems Information technology Institution building Institutional care Long term Long term care insurance Long term health care Long-term care Long-Term Care - organization & administration Male Middle Aged Needs Assessment Older people Oversight Policy analysis Policy Making Population Population aging Population policy Prioritizing Public policy Quality assurance Quality control Quality of care Regulation Residential care Residential institutions Services Socioeconomic status Studies Traditions Trends Welfare Workforce
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