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The Design of the Long-Term Care System in Spain: Policy and Financial Constraints

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 January 2005

Joan Costa-Font  and
Concepció Patxot
Joan Costa-Font
Affiliation:
LSE Health and Social Care, London School of Economics, London, UK. Research Centre of Economic Analysis and Social Policy (CAEPS), Barcelona, Spain. Departament de Teoria Econòmica, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain E-mail: j.costa-font@lse.ac.uk
Concepció Patxot
Affiliation:
Research Centre of Economic Analysis and Social Policy (CAEPS), Barcelona, Spain. Departament de Teoria Econòmica, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Abstract

The provision and financing of long-term care (LTC) in Spain has only recently become a policy concern. However, welfare policy reforms show the need to anticipate the effects of a transition from the traditional ‘family-based’ model of care (78 per cent of Spanish elders who are disabled are treated by their own families) to a modern ‘community-based’ model. This paper examines the current models of providing and funding long-term care in Spain and on the basis of the empirical evidence evaluates the prospects for the future organisation and funding of the system.

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Social Policy and Society , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , January 2005 , pp. 11 - 20
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© Cambridge University Press 2005

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