Olivares-Tirado, Pedro.
Trends and Factors in Japan's Long-Term Care Insurance System Japan's 10-year Experience / [electronic resource] : by Pedro Olivares-Tirado, Nanako Tamiya. - IX, 138 p. 15 illus. online resource. - SpringerBriefs in Aging, 2211-3231 . - SpringerBriefs in Aging, .
Chapter 1: The Aging Population in Japan -- Chapter 2: Development of the Long-Term Care Insurance System in Japan -- Chapter 3: Long-Term Care Expenditures in Japan -- Chapter 4: Effect on the New Preventive Policy on Long-Term Care Expenditures in Japan -- Chapter 5: Measuring Efficiency in Special Nursing Home: an Application of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) -- Chapter 6: Institutional long-Term Care Expenditures and Proximity to Death in Japan -- Chapter 7: Future Challenges Towards Establishment of a Sustainable Long-Term Care Insurance System in Japan -- References.
Ageing population poses a set of complex policy and dilemmas for social security systems, intensifying the concerns about rising expenditures in health care and long-term care for elderly. In this context, ageing societies has many valuable lessons to learn by studying Japan's experience dealing with its hyper-aged society and particularly from its strategies to ensure the financial sustainability of the Long-Term Care Insurance (LTCI) system. Based on an exhaustive literature review, and the results from six original researches on long-term care expenditures in Japan (LTCE) conducted during a doctoral program, the book provides a comprehensive view in analyzing trends and factors associated with increasing expenditures in the Long-Term Care Insurance system in Japan. The book address relevant topics such as; the main socio-demographic changes experienced by the Japanese society during the last three decades, predictors of the LTCE, measuring efficiency in nursing homes, the impact of the LTCI 2005-reform to contain expenditures, cost-effectiveness of the in-home and community based services and institutional LTCE in the last year of life. The book end with a discussion on futures challenges and strategies oriented to contribute with the sustainability of LTCI system in Japan.
9789400778757
10.1007/978-94-007-7875-7 doi
Social sciences.
Geriatrics.
Population.
Aging--Research.
Social Sciences.
Aging.
Geriatrics/Gerontology.
Population Economics.
HQ1060-1064
305.26
Trends and Factors in Japan's Long-Term Care Insurance System Japan's 10-year Experience / [electronic resource] : by Pedro Olivares-Tirado, Nanako Tamiya. - IX, 138 p. 15 illus. online resource. - SpringerBriefs in Aging, 2211-3231 . - SpringerBriefs in Aging, .
Chapter 1: The Aging Population in Japan -- Chapter 2: Development of the Long-Term Care Insurance System in Japan -- Chapter 3: Long-Term Care Expenditures in Japan -- Chapter 4: Effect on the New Preventive Policy on Long-Term Care Expenditures in Japan -- Chapter 5: Measuring Efficiency in Special Nursing Home: an Application of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) -- Chapter 6: Institutional long-Term Care Expenditures and Proximity to Death in Japan -- Chapter 7: Future Challenges Towards Establishment of a Sustainable Long-Term Care Insurance System in Japan -- References.
Ageing population poses a set of complex policy and dilemmas for social security systems, intensifying the concerns about rising expenditures in health care and long-term care for elderly. In this context, ageing societies has many valuable lessons to learn by studying Japan's experience dealing with its hyper-aged society and particularly from its strategies to ensure the financial sustainability of the Long-Term Care Insurance (LTCI) system. Based on an exhaustive literature review, and the results from six original researches on long-term care expenditures in Japan (LTCE) conducted during a doctoral program, the book provides a comprehensive view in analyzing trends and factors associated with increasing expenditures in the Long-Term Care Insurance system in Japan. The book address relevant topics such as; the main socio-demographic changes experienced by the Japanese society during the last three decades, predictors of the LTCE, measuring efficiency in nursing homes, the impact of the LTCI 2005-reform to contain expenditures, cost-effectiveness of the in-home and community based services and institutional LTCE in the last year of life. The book end with a discussion on futures challenges and strategies oriented to contribute with the sustainability of LTCI system in Japan.
9789400778757
10.1007/978-94-007-7875-7 doi
Social sciences.
Geriatrics.
Population.
Aging--Research.
Social Sciences.
Aging.
Geriatrics/Gerontology.
Population Economics.
HQ1060-1064
305.26