Trends and Factors in Japan's Long-Term Care Insurance System Japan's 10-year Experience /

• Main Authors: Olivares-Tirado, Pedro (Author), Tamiya, Nanako (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Aging,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Geriatrics.; Population.; Aging.; Social Sciences.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.; Population Economics.

Ageing population poses a set of complex policy and dilemmas for social security systems, intensifying the concerns about rising expenditures in health care and long-term care for elderly. In this context, ageing societies has many valuable lessons to learn by studying Japan's experience dealin...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: The Aging Population in Japan
• Chapter 2: Development of the Long-Term Care Insurance System in Japan
• Chapter 3: Long-Term Care Expenditures in Japan
• Chapter 4: Effect on the New Preventive Policy on Long-Term Care Expenditures in Japan
• Chapter 5: Measuring Efficiency in Special Nursing Home: an Application of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)
• Chapter 6: Institutional long-Term Care Expenditures and Proximity to Death in Japan
• Chapter 7: Future Challenges Towards Establishment of a Sustainable Long-Term Care Insurance System in Japan
• References.