title: [Perspectives in long-term care insurance].
abstract: Twelve years after its introduction, long-term care insurance is back on the agenda and up for political reform. This paper shows why long-term care insurance needs to be reformed. The two central aspects on which reform projects focus are addressed: firstly, the structural improvement of nursing care and long-term care insurance and, secondly, the creation of a sustained financing. The principal conclusion is that, while there is a broad consensus about the structural improvement of long-term care insurance, opinions differ widely in the matter of its sustained financing. As a consequence, a coherent financing concept has yet to emerge.
authors: Essen, Germany. P.Pick@mds-ev.de
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mesh_terms: D005376:Financial Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005858:Germany; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends*; D007353:Insurance, Long-Term Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends*; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends*; D017149:Private Sector; D017150:Public Sector