Care‐Needs Certification in the Long‐Term Care Insurance System of Japan

Tsutsui, Takako; Muramatsu, Naoko

doi:10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53175.x

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Care‐Needs Certification in the Long‐Term Care Insurance System of Japan

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Authors:

Takako Tsutsui

Naoko Muramatsu

Abstract

The introduction of Japan's long‐term care insurance (LTCI) system in April 2000 has made long‐term care an explicit and universal entitlement for every Japanese person aged 65 and older based strictly on physical and mental status. At the start of the program, more than two million seniors were exp...

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