Long-term care financing: lessons for low- and middle-income settings: brief 6: ensuring financial protection in long-term care

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dc.creatorWorld Health Organization. Centre for Health Devalopment
dc.date2024-04-30T10:52:56Z
dc.date2024-04-30T10:52:56Z
dc.date2024-04-30
dc.date.accessioned2026-08-03T02:44:28Z
dc.description12 p.
dc.descriptionThe Portuguese version is published by PAHO: https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/63360
dc.descriptionThe Spanish version is published by PAHO: https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/64459
dc.descriptionThis policy brief examines financial protection in long-term care (LTC) and its importance in preventing older people and their families from experiencing financial hardship when accessing needed care services. As part of the WHO series Long-term care financing: lessons for low- and middle-income settings, the document analyses how different approaches to LTC financing influence affordability, equity and access to care. It highlights the disproportionate impact of LTC costs on women, low-income populations and people with complex care needs, and reviews evidence from a range of countries on policies designed to reduce out-of-pocket spending and prevent poverty associated with long-term care needs. The publication explores key financing mechanisms, including universal and means-tested coverage models, cost-sharing arrangements linked to ability to pay, benefit targeting for individuals with severe disabilities, and policies that cap individual payments while ensuring access to needed services. It also discusses the role of prevention and treatment of conditions such as dementia and stroke in reducing future care needs and expenditures. Drawing on international experience, the brief examines special entitlements for older people, support for residential care costs, and measures to protect vulnerable populations from excessive spending. It concludes by outlining policy considerations for low- and middle-income countries seeking to strengthen financial protection, expand access to long-term care and reduce reliance on unpaid family caregiving.
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dc.identifier9789240093324 (electronic version)
dc.identifier9789240093331 (print version)
dc.identifierhttps://iris.who.int/handle/10665/376619
dc.identifier.urihttps://repo.dare.co.zw/handle/123456789/168799
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languagePortuguês
dc.languageEspañol
dc.languageen
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dc.languagees
dc.publisherWorld Health Organization
dc.relationLong-term care financing: lessons for low- and middle-income setting;
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/igo
dc.rightsWorld Health Organization
dc.subjectAged
dc.subjectAged, 80 and over
dc.subjectLong-Term Care
dc.subjectIncome
dc.subjectFinancial Support
dc.subjectSocial Support
dc.subjectCaregivers
dc.subjectDeveloped Countries
dc.subjectDelivery of Health Care
dc.subjectHealthcare Financing
dc.subjectHealth Expenditures
dc.subjectHealth Services for the Aged
dc.subjectHealth Services Accessibility
dc.subjectFinancial Stress
dc.subjectPoverty
dc.subjectPensions
dc.subjectPolicy
dc.subjectHealth Services for the Aged
dc.subjecteconomics
dc.subjectstatistics and numerical data
dc.titleLong-term care financing: lessons for low- and middle-income settings: brief 6: ensuring financial protection in long-term care
dc.titleEnsuring financial protection in long-term care
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