Shaping Long-Term Care in Emerging Asia - Policy and Country Experiences

This book analyses the challenges of long-term care (LTC) policy development and implications from advanced LTC systems and a current trajectory in emerging economies in Asia.

List of contents

1.Setting the Scene 2. Ageing, health, and social transitions in selected emerging Asian economies 3. China long-term care program 4. Public long-term care in Thailand 5. Long-term care development in Vietnam 6. Promoting long-term care in Indonesia 7. Syntheses and ways forward

About the author

Vasoontara Sbirakos Yiengprugsawan is a social epidemiologist and has over 15 years' experience in development and public health in academia and policy research with international organizations. She held senior research positions (University of New South Wales and Australian National University), a Fellowship with the World Health Organization Asia Pacific Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, and an Australian Endeavour Fellowship.
John Piggott is Director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR) at the University of New South Wales, where he is Scientia Professor of Economics. He has published widely on issues in retirement and pension economics and finance in the leading international economics and actuarial academic journals.

Summary

This book analyses the challenges of long-term care (LTC) policy development and implications from advanced LTC systems and a current trajectory in emerging economies in Asia.

Product details

• Authors: Vasoontara S. (University of New S Yiengprugsawan
• Assisted by: John Piggott (Editor), Vasoontara S. Yiengprugsawan (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.2022
• EAN: 9780367674588
• ISBN: 978-0-367-67458-8
• No. of pages: 140
• Series: Routledge Advances in Asia-Pacific Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Sociology, Business & Economics / General, Economics, Asia, MEDICAL / Health Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Adulthood & Aging, Personal & public health, Politics & government, Politics and government, Society and culture: general, Human Geography, Personal and public health / health education, Public ownership / nationalization, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Healthcare