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Trends and Factors in Japan's Long-Term Care Insurance System

Japan's 10-year Experience

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Authors:
  1. Pedro Olivares-Tirado

    1. Research and Development, Government of Chile, Santiago, Chile

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  2. Nanako Tamiya

    1. Dept of Health Services Research Fact of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

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  • Discusses the financial consequences of ageing populations
  • Chronicles Japan’s experience with the world’s highest ageing population
  • Offers empirical and critical economical perspectives
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Aging (BRIEFSAGING)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. The Aging Population of Japan

    • Pedro Olivares-Tirado, Nanako Tamiya
    Pages 1-14

  3. Development of the Long-Term Care Insurance System in Japan

    • Pedro Olivares-Tirado, Nanako Tamiya
    Pages 15-42

  4. Long-Term Care Expenditures in Japan

    • Pedro Olivares-Tirado, Nanako Tamiya
    Pages 43-68

  5. Effect of the New Preventive Policy on Long-Term Care Expenditures in Japan

    • Pedro Olivares-Tirado, Nanako Tamiya
    Pages 69-80

  6. Measuring Efficiency in Special Nursing Homes in Japan: An Application of DEA Analysis

    • Pedro Olivares-Tirado, Nanako Tamiya
    Pages 81-101

  7. Institutional Long-Term Care Expenditures and Proximity to Death in Japan

    • Pedro Olivares-Tirado, Nanako Tamiya
    Pages 103-117

  8. Future Challenges in Establishing a Sustainable Long-Term Care Insurance System in Japan

    • Pedro Olivares-Tirado, Nanako Tamiya
    Pages 119-138
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About this book

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 dealing with its hyper-aged society and particularly from its strategies to ensure the financial sustainability of the Long-Term Care Insurance (LTCI) system.

Based on an exhaustive literature review, and the results from six original researches on long-term care expenditures in Japan (LTCE) conducted during a doctoral program, the book provides a comprehensive view in analyzing trends and factors associated with increasing expenditures in the Long-Term Care Insurance system in Japan.

The book address relevant topics such as; the main socio-demographic changes experienced by the Japanese society during the last three decades, predictors of the  LTCE, measuring efficiency in nursing homes, the impact of the LTCI 2005-reform to contain expenditures, cost-effectiveness of the in-home and community based services and institutional LTCE in the last year of life. The book end with a discussion on futures challenges and strategies oriented to contribute with the sustainability of LTCI system in Japan.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Research and Development, Government of Chile, Santiago, Chile

    Pedro Olivares-Tirado

  • Dept of Health Services Research Fact of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

    Nanako Tamiya

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Trends and Factors in Japan's Long-Term Care Insurance System

  • Book Subtitle: Japan's 10-year Experience

  • Authors: Pedro Olivares-Tirado, Nanako Tamiya

  • Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Aging

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7875-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-7874-0Published: 09 December 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-7875-7Published: 19 November 2013

  • Series ISSN: 2211-3231

  • Series E-ISSN: 2211-324X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 138

  • Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Aging, Geriatrics/Gerontology, Population Economics

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