WHO LTC factsheet 2021

Financing LTC

WHO LTC Finance

PROJECT CO-ORDINATOR

Ricardo Rodrigues

PROJECT TEAM AT THE EUROPEAN CENTRE

Cassandra Simmons, Ricardo Rodrigues

EXTERNAL PROJECT CO-ORDINATOR

WHO Europe

BACKGROUND

Making the investment case for sustainable long-term care systems is a key concern of the Europe Roadmap for the Decade of Healthy Ageing, 2021-2030. At the same time, existing models of financing of long-term care raise different issues in terms of equity and fiscal sustainability, with  mounting evidence that many of the current long-term care systems offer insufficient protection against catastrophic expenses arising from care needs.

AIMS

The current project will aim to co-produce a fact sheet on Financing of long-term care to inform in a concise but non-technical way about the conceptual underpinnings of “universal coverage for long-term care”.

METHODS

The fact sheet will be illustrated with evidence/facts on a number of European countries from different parts of the WHO European Region. To this end a number of indicators of financial protection and equity in long-term care will be developed and included in the document.

ACTIVITIES/MILESTONES

The project entails the following main tasks:

i) Desk research of existing data on expenditure on long-term care (e.g. contributions from families to the costs of care);

ii) Construction of indicators on equity and financial protection against costs arising from long-term care needs;

iii) Drafting report.

The European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research supports the Sustainable Development Goals

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FUNDED BY

WHO Europe

PROJECT DURATION

02/2021 – 02/2021