{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["11"],"submitter":["Li W"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Introduction</h4>This paper examined the impact of public long-term care insurance (LTCI) pilots in China on the multidimensional poverty status of middle-aged and older adults.<h4>Methods</h4>Using panel data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey, we utilized LTCI pilots conducted in different cities from 2012 to 2018 and assessed the impact of LTCI using a difference-in-differences strategy.<h4>Results</h4>We found that the implementation of LTCI reduces the multidimensional poverty of middle-aged and older adults and their likelihood of future multidimensional poverty. LTCI coverage was also associated with a reduction in the likelihood that middle-aged and older adults in need of care fall into income poverty, living consumption poverty, health poverty, and social participation poverty.<h4>Discussion</h4>From a policy perspective, the findings of this paper suggest that the establishment of an LTCI system can improve the poverty of middle-aged and older adults in several ways, which has important implications for the development of LTCI systems in China and other developing countries."],"journal":["Frontiers in public health"],"pagination":["1100146"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9950558"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Long-term care insurance and multidimensional poverty of middle-aged and elderly: Evidence from China."],"pmcid":["PMC9950558"],"pubmed_authors":["Li W","Ke J","Sun F"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Long-term care insurance and multidimensional poverty of middle-aged and elderly: Evidence from China.","description":"<h4>Introduction</h4>This paper examined the impact of public long-term care insurance (LTCI) pilots in China on the multidimensional poverty status of middle-aged and older adults.<h4>Methods</h4>Using panel data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey, we utilized LTCI pilots conducted in different cities from 2012 to 2018 and assessed the impact of LTCI using a difference-in-differences strategy.<h4>Results</h4>We found that the implementation of LTCI reduces the multidimensional poverty of middle-aged and older adults and their likelihood of future multidimensional poverty. LTCI coverage was also associated with a reduction in the likelihood that middle-aged and older adults in need of care fall into income poverty, living consumption poverty, health poverty, and social participation poverty.<h4>Discussion</h4>From a policy perspective, the findings of this paper suggest that the establishment of an LTCI system can improve the poverty of middle-aged and older adults in several ways, which has important implications for the development of LTCI systems in China and other developing countries.","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023","modification":"2025-05-29T19:43:09.658Z","creation":"2025-05-29T19:43:09.658Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9950558","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36844824"],"doi":["10.3389/fpubh.2023.1100146"]}}