Doty P
Health Care Financ Rev. 1988 Dec;Spec No(Suppl):145-55.
The findings of a study of long-term care policies in 18 countries are reported in this article. Initial data were collected by a questionnaire survey under the auspices of the International Social Security Association. These data were supplemented by published documents and government statistics obtained while researching long-term care for the International Social Security Association and, subsequently, for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The principal focus is a cross-national comparison of institutionalization rates for the elderly. Differences in use rates for medically oriented facilities are less than those for nonmedical residential long-term care facilities. Only a small amount of variation is related to demographic differences, such as older or more female elderly populations in those countries with higher institutionalization rates. Included also is a description of the modes of financing long-term care.
本文报道了一项对18个国家长期护理政策的研究结果。初始数据是在国际社会保障协会的主持下通过问卷调查收集的。这些数据通过在为国际社会保障协会以及随后为经济合作与发展组织研究长期护理时获取的已发表文件和政府统计数据得到补充。主要重点是对老年人机构化率进行跨国比较。以医疗为导向的设施使用率差异小于非医疗性长期护理居住设施的差异。只有少量差异与人口统计学差异有关，比如在机构化率较高的国家中，老年人口或老年女性人口较多。文中还描述了长期护理的融资模式。
