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The WHO Kobe Centre (WKC) is a global research centre focusing on health systems responses to service delivery, sustainable financing, innovations,...
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Financial sustainability in long-term care (LTC) requires policies that ensure equitable access to needed services, balance revenues and expenditures over...
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The COVID-19 pandemic exposed long-standing quality and safety problems in long-term care (LTC) institutions that resulted in shockingly high rates...
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Hidden populations for healthcare financial protection in the super-aging society: Closing the gap between...
Despite the remarkable health achievements of Japan’s universal health coverage since 1961, along with numerous social programs to ensure financial protection,...