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Redesigning Long‐term Care Finance and Delivery
Author(s) -
CostaFont Joan,
Karlsson Martin,
Berg Bernard
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
applied economic perspectives and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.4
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2040-5804
pISSN - 2040-5790
DOI - 10.1093/aepp/pps024
Subject(s) - term (time) , business , finance , quantum mechanics , physics
The aging of Western societies together with social changes places the question of how best to finance and deliver long-term care (LTC) services at the forefront of policy debates. The Congressional Budget Office noted that expenditures for nursing homes, home health care and other long-term treatment accounted for 8.5% of all U.S. health care spending