| Trends and Factors in Japan's Long-Term Care Insurance System: Japan's 10-Year Experience 2014 Edition Contributor(s): Olivares-Tirado, Pedro (Author), Tamiya, Nanako (Author) |
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ISBN: 9400778740 ISBN-13: 9789400778740 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Family & Relationships | Life Stages - Later Years - Medical | Geriatrics - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy |
| Dewey: 305.26 |
| Series: Springerbriefs in Aging |
| Physical Information: 0.32" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.48 lbs) 138 pages |
| Themes: - Generational Orientation - Elderly/Aged |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |