2021
DOI: 10.17157/mat.8.3.5084
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Long-term Care Hospitals and Changing Elderly Care in South Korea

Abstract: Until recently in South Korea, the central dilemma facing children with ageing parents was how and by whom their parents should be cared for. In accordance with the norm of filial piety, the eldest son used to take responsibility. However, with the recent proliferation of long-term care hospitals, this arrangement is changing. These institutions, which play the combined role of rehabilitative hospital, long-term care centre, and nursing home, admit elderly people who do not require active medical intervention.… Show more

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“…This is the reality of Korean LTCHs that are concerned about financial and moral hazards, because patients with cancer pay only 5% of the total medical cost, and they are relatively free to choose medical use [ 7 ]. Reduced spending stimulates another desire for consumption, prompting more medical utilization, such as high-quality or uninsured services [ 8 ]. In addition, many patients admitted to LTCHs are likely to be social admissions who have difficulty in rehabilitation and care, even if they return home after discharge, which leads to long-term hospitalization [ 9 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This is the reality of Korean LTCHs that are concerned about financial and moral hazards, because patients with cancer pay only 5% of the total medical cost, and they are relatively free to choose medical use [ 7 ]. Reduced spending stimulates another desire for consumption, prompting more medical utilization, such as high-quality or uninsured services [ 8 ]. In addition, many patients admitted to LTCHs are likely to be social admissions who have difficulty in rehabilitation and care, even if they return home after discharge, which leads to long-term hospitalization [ 9 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%