Mapping variability in allocation of Long-Term Care funds across payer agencies in OECD countries

Ruth Waitzberg, Andrea E. Schmidt, Miriam Blümel, Anne Penneau, Antonis Farmakas, Åsa Ljungvall, Francesco Barbabella, Gonçalo Figueiredo Augusto, Gregory P. Marchildon, Ingrid Sperre Saunes, Dorja Vočanec, Iva Miloš, Joan Carles Contel, Liubove Murauskiene, Madelon Kroneman, Marzena Tambor, Pavel Hroboň, Raphael Wittenberg, Sara Allin and Zeynep Or

Health Policy, 2020, vol. 124, issue 5, 491-500

Abstract: Long-term care (LTC) is organized in a fragmented manner. Payer agencies (PA) receive LTC funds from the agency collecting funds, and commission services. Yet, distributional equity (DE) across PAs, a precondition to geographical equity of access to LTC, has received limited attention. We conceptualize that LTC systems promote DE when they are designed to set eligibility criteria nationally (vs. locally); and to distribute funds among PAs based on needs-formula (vs. past-budgets or government decisions).

Keywords: Long-term care; Equity; Funds allocation; Payer agencies; Allocation formula (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2020.02.013

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