Thinking about long-term care policies for Latin America

Mauricio Matus-López

doi:10.18294/sc.2015.785

Thinking about long-term care policies for Latin America

Mauricio Matus-López PhD in Economics. Professor, Departamento de Economía, Métodos Cuantitativos e Historia Económica, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Spain.

Published: 4 December 2015

https://doi.org/10.18294/sc.2015.785

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Latin America is aging. The process is occurring quickly and in unhealthy conditions with low levels of income. The number of older people who can no longer perform their daily activities will dramatically increase in the coming decades. Developed countries have already been facing this phenomenon over the last three decades, but Latin America has neither the resources nor the social protection systems of these countries. Formulating and planning health policies associated with this phenomenon should be a priority of the governments of Latin America. This paper defines what these care policies are, the models of care rich countries have developed, and the cost of such models. The situation in Latin America is then analyzed and conclusions and a series of discussions to address in the near future are proposed.

Keywords: Health Public Policy, Long-Term Care, Demographic Aging, Healthcare Financing, Latin America

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