International Journal of Health Policy and Management

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Key Issues in Designing Long-term Care Systems: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Document Type : Correspondence

Author
Naoki Ikegami 1, 2
1 St. Luke’s International University, Tokyo, Japan
2 Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
10.34172/ijhpm.2020.42
Keywords
Financing
Benefits
Program Design

I was delighted to receive nine commentaries to my editorial because they expanded and deepened the understanding of the complex issues involved in designing and implementing the long-term care (LTC) system.1 In this response, I have focused on financing and allocating resources because the commentaries could be grouped into these two themes... (Read more...)

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International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Volume 9, Issue 12
December 2020
Pages 542-544

  • Received Date 07 March 2020
  • First Published Date 01 December 2020
  • Published Date 01 December 2020