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The Future of Long-Term Care in Quebec

What Are the Cost Savings from a Realistic Shift toward More Home Care

Bibliographic Data

ID11969214
AuthorsNicholas‐James Clavet (HEC Montréal, corresponding author), Nicholas-James Clavet (HEC Montreal, Montréal, Québec, Canada), Réjean Hébert (Université de Montréal), Pierre-Carl Michaud (0000-0003-3114-4229, HEC Montreal, Montréal, Québec, Canada), Julien Navaux (HEC Montreal, Montréal, Québec, Canada)
Year2022
Volume48
IssueS2
Pages35-50
Publication date2022-09-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCanadian Public Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0317-0861 • E-ISSN: 1911-9917
PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/cpp.2022-031
OpenAlexW4297514172
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited9

In this article, we aim to estimate future long-term care needs and expenditures in Quebec while proposing and evaluating a reform package that could deliver increased coverage and be more financially sustainable than current policy. This reform package consists of a shift toward more intensive use of home care while increasing public coverage of care needs. A key feature of the proposed reform is to improve users’ ability to choose their provider with the creation of a senior’s care account, an account that allows individuals in need to purchase services from several providers, including both home and institutional care. To improve the neutrality of public support across care arrangements, we also propose an increase in the resident contribution in nursing homes while favouring the continued use of existing tax credits to help seniors with lower care needs. Using detailed dynamic modelling of care needs, living arrangements, and expenditures, we estimate that long-term care needs will grow rapidly in the next two decades, and the costs will quickly become prohibitive under current policy. We show that substantial cost savings may exist

Actuarial science · Assisted living · Business · Economics · Long-term care · Neutrality · Nursing homes · Political science · Public economics · Residential care · Term (time · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Global Health Care Issues · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Nursing

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Citations per year1
Citation span2025 - 2025 (1)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 1
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