Long-term care system for older adults in China: policy landscape, challenges, and future prospects.
Lancet
; 396(10259): 1362-1372, 2020 10 24.
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| ID: mdl-34338215
ABSTRACT
In China, the population is rapidly ageing and the capacity of the system that cares for older people is increasingly a concern. In this Review, we provide a profile of the long-term care system and policy landscape in China. The long-term care system is characterised by rapid growth of the residential care sector, slow development of home and community-based services, and increasing involvement of the private sector. The long-term care workforce shortage and weak quality assurance are concerning. Public long-term care financing is minimal and largely limited to supporting welfare recipients and subsidising the construction of residential care beds and operating costs. China is piloting social insurance long-term care financing models and, concurrently, programmes for integrating health care and long-term care services in selected settings across the country; the effectiveness and sustainability of these pilots remain to be seen. Informed by international long-term care experiences, we offer policy recommendations to strengthen the evolving care system for older people in China.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Envelhecimento
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Assistência de Longa Duração
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Financiamento Governamental
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Política de Saúde
Limite:
Aged
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Lancet
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos