were impaired in the performance of at least one basic activity. It describes their wealth, living arrangements, and health … characteristics. Tobit regressions are presented that relate utilization of hospital services, paid home-health care, and unreimbursed …, household income and value of home equity do not decrease with either the level of disability or with age. The determinants of …

Japan faces the problem of how to finance retirement, health, and long-term care expenditures as the population ages … raising social security contributions, debt financing, and a uniform increase in health and long-term care copayments …

How does the generosity of social insurance coverage affect demand for healthcare and health outcomes of elderly people …? This paper examines the effects of insurance coverage on long-term care (LTC) utilization and its health consequences using … novel administrative data of the public long-term care insurance (LTCI) system in Japan. In LTCI, a recipient's health score …

Can the expansion of Medicaid, a means-tested health and long-term care insurance, be slowed down by incentivising the …

Can the expansion of Medicaid, a means-tested health and long-term care insurance, be slowed down by incentivising the …