The effects of public long-term care insurance on the long-term care industry in China: a quasi-experimental study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Meeting the increasing need for long-term care (LTC) is a pressing issue for aging societies worldwide. The public long-term care insurance (LTCI) scheme offers a potential solution to this challenge. However, limited research has been conducted on the scheme's impact on the LTC industry. Utilizing the unique research opportunity presented by the pilot LTCI scheme in China, this study evaluated the policy effects on the LTC industry and investigated the heterogeneity of these effects.

Methods

The unit of analysis was prefecture-level cities. We collected over 456 thousand records of registration information for LTC organizations from three national platforms, which were then aggregated at the city level. The development of the LTC industry in each city was measure

SUBMITTER: Huang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12023454 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature