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Long-term care insurance and market for aged care in Japan
— focusing on the status of care service providers by locality and organisational nature based on survey results | | Author(s) | Makoto Kubo |
| Journal title | Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 33, no 3, September 2014 |
| Publisher | Wiley, September 2014 |
| Pages | pp 153-157 |
| Source | wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/ajag |
| Keywords | Long-term care insurance ; Services ; Evaluation ; Japan. |
| Annotation | This article describes the introduction of Japan's long-term care insurance (LTCI) system, introduced in 2000 to alleviate the burden on family members caring for older relatives, and the creation of the care market. It then examines the status of care service providers by locality and organisational nature. Questionnaires were sent to 9505 home-based care service providers registered in the databases of 17 prefectures. The prefectures were selected according to population size. Study findings showed that numerous for-profit providers have newly entered the aged care service market and are operating selectively in Tokyo, a typical example of a metropolitan area. Furthermore, both for-profit and non-profit providers have suffered from a shortage of care workers and difficult management conditions, which tend to be more pronounced in Tokyo. The market under long-term care insurance was successful in terms of the volume of services, but most providers were sceptical as to whether competition in the market could facilitate quality care services. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150626266 A |
| Classmark | WPH: I: 4C: 7DT |
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