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Long-term care financing: lessons for low- and middle-income settings – Brief 6. Ensuring financial protection in long-term care

Policy Brief

5 September 2025

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Overview

The WHO Centre for Health Development (WHO Kobe Centre – WKC) has produced a series of research briefs on financing long-term care (LTC) which translate research evidence to guide policy-makers on designing and financing LTC in low- and middle-income countries. Brief 6 in the series, Financing health and social long-term care: lessons for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), addresses how countries can ensure financial protection in LTC.

Decade Action Areas

Long-term Care

Source Organization

World Health Organization - Centre for Health Development

Country / Region Focus

Global

Sector

UN Agency

Knowledge Characteristics

  • > Narrative Review

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policy guidance, long-term care, low- and middle-income countries

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