Providing and Financing Aged Care in an Aging Society
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In this paper, I focus on one dimension of those implications – the impacts of population aging on aged care policy. I begin by considering the consequences of population change for the demand and supply of aged care; I then examine the effects of government policy as it has developed over the years in Australia; and finally turn to the future financing of aged care, before concluding with a summary of some options for future policy consideration.
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