biostudies-literatureUnknown11Li W<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.Frontiers in public health1100146https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9950558biostudies-literatureLong-term care insurance and multidimensional poverty of middle-aged and elderly: Evidence from China.PMC9950558Li WKe JSun FfalseLong-term care insurance and multidimensional poverty of middle-aged and elderly: Evidence from China.<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.2023-01-01T00:00:00Z20232025-05-29T19:43:09.658Z2025-05-29T19:43:09.658ZS-EPMC99505583684482410.3389/fpubh.2023.1100146