User pays’ and other approaches to the funding of long-term care for older people in Australia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11200802 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Fine (0000-0003-4285-7099, UNSW Sydney), Jenny Chalmers (UNSW Sydney) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 5-32 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ageing and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0144-686X • E-ISSN: 1469-1779 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0144686x99007643 |
| OpenAlex | W2126532159 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
It has been argued that without some system in which future generations of users are able to pay for their care the cost of services for an increasingly large group of older people will be borne by a declining base of economically active younger people. Is the answer a user pays approach to the financing of aged care, as promoted by recent changes to aged care financing? This paper reviews this concept and its recent history in Australia. On the basis of a brief review of alternative funding systems, it also considers the potential of public and private insurance schemes to increase funding by potential service users and underwrite the long-term viability of funding for aged care services
Actuarial science · Assisted living · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Health care · Health insurance · Long-term care · Long-term care insurance · Older people · Political science · Private insurance · Public economics · Public funding · Service (business) · Term (time) · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Marketing · Medicine · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Nursing · Public Administration · Gerontology
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.21 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2025 (24) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |