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The Economics and Financing of Long‐Term Care
Author(s) -
Schulz James H.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
australasian journal on ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.63
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-6612
pISSN - 1440-6381
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-6612.1998.tb00870.x
Subject(s) - equity (law) , long term care , population ageing , private insurance , health care , finance , business , economics , actuarial science , population , public economics , economic growth , health insurance , medicine , nursing , environmental health , political science , law
. Population ageing does not mean unaffordable care costs for the elderly, given economic growth. But current wide variations in financing chronic care in old age need to be reassessed. Major options discussed in the paper are: community care, home equity conversion, and private insurance.