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dc.titleFunding Options for Long-Term Care Services in Latin America and the Caribbean
dc.contributor.authorFabiani, Beatrice
dc.contributor.authorCosta-Font, Joan
dc.contributor.authorAranco, Natalia
dc.contributor.authorStampini, Marco
dc.contributor.authorIbarrarán, Pablo
dc.contributor.orgunitSocial Protection and Health Division
dc.coverageLatin America and the Caribbean
dc.date.available2022-06-16T17:06:00
dc.date.issue2022-06-16T00:06:00
dc.description.abstractAcross Latin America and the Caribbean, demographic and social changes have led many countries to place long-term care on their social policy agendas. But to implement these policies, countries must overcome major obstacles that include estimating service costs and defining funding sources to ensure financial viability and sustainability. The lack of data on potential demand, underdeveloped services, and a fragmented existing supply make it difficult to produce these estimates. This publication helps fill this information gap by estimating the potential cost of four long-term care service packages with various levels of coverage (low, medium, high and full) for 17 countries in the region. It also assesses the feasibility of the different funding mechanisms in order to identify their main advantages and disadvantages, based on each countrys context.
dc.format.extent40
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0004306
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Funding-Options-for-Long-Term-Care-Services-in-Latin-America-and-the-Caribbean.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Opciones-de-financiacion-de-los-servicios-de-atencion-a-la-dependencia-en-America-Latina-y-el-Caribe.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectGross Domestic Product
dc.subjectSocial Security
dc.subjectTaxation
dc.subjectPopulation Aging
dc.subject.jelcodeH50 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General
dc.subject.jelcodeI18 - Government Policy • Regulation • Public Health
dc.subject.jelcodeJ14 - Economics of the Elderly • Economics of the Handicapped • Non-Labor Market Discrimination
dc.subject.jelcodeJ18 - Public Policy
dc.subject.jelcodeO54 - Latin America • Caribbean
dc.subject.keywordslong-term care;population aging;Latin America and the Caribbean;social insurance;public finance
dc.typeTechnical Notes
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-TN-02473
idb.operationRG-E1656
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