Description:
The book compares key features of long-term care insurance (LTCI) schemes in fifteen pilot cities and evaluates the sustainability of various financing models adopted by the cities in the LTCI schemes.
Review Quotes:
'The book is the fruit of three years' investigation into the funding and delivery of Long Term Care (LTC )in China. Laying the theoretical foundations essential to understanding China's LTC system, chapter one outlines the definition, importance and prospects of LTC, as well as the development of LTC structures and the associated challenges of financing and delivery around the world....
As the rapidly ageing Chinese population continues to pose tremendous challenges for late-age care provision, an extensive examination of the performance of China's LTC system is potentially of considerable interest to both academic researchers and policymakers. The well-researched and critical analysis of the funding and delivery of LTCI that this book has provided will certainly enrich our understanding of the policy landscape of the LTC system in China, with its associated challenges and pro-spects. It will be a valuable and essential source of reference for researchers interested in population ageing, healthcare policies, and welfare issues faced by the elderly in China. Such an early appraisal of the successes and challenges associated with Chinese LTCI reform will also assist political leaders and policymakers working on LTC reform in other countries and regions.'
Xiang Zou for China Quarterly Journal, 2022