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| Distributional effects of reform in long-term care | | Author(s) | Martin Karlsson |
| Journal title | Ageing Horizons, 2007, no 6, 2007 |
| Publisher | Oxford Institute of Ageing, Oxford, 2007 |
| Pages | pp 33-41 |
| Source | Download only from: http:/www.ageing.ox.ac.uk/ageinghorizons |
| Keywords | Services ; Health services ; Evaluation ; Costs [care] ; Finance ; Social policy ; International. |
| Annotation | Population ageing will intensify the distributional dilemmas related to provision and funding of long-term care (LTC). Several OECD countries have recently reformed their LTC systems, but as yet there is a paucity of evidence on how different reform options affect the financial position of different socioeconomic groups. Another neglected issue is how individuals adapt to changes as a result of LTC policy reform. One complication in the analysis of LTC reform is the great uncertainty in projections, largely due to the long planning horizon needed and the nature of LTC services themselves. This paper reviews two contrasting contributions to the literature: "Paying for long-term care for older people in the UK: modelling the costs and distributional effects of a range of options" by Ruth Hancock et al (LSE PSSRU discussion paper 2336, 2006); and "Future costs for long-term care: cost projections for long-term care for older people in the United Kingdom", by Karlsson et al (Health Policy, 80, 2007). Particular emphasis is placed on the policy implications of their findings. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070813233 A |
| Classmark | I: L: 4C: QDC: WN: TM2: 72 |
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