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When faced with the problem of expanding the availability of long-term care services to meet the needs of a growing elderly and disabled population while simultaneously containing costs, the quality of care becomes a major area of conflict. This is also apparant in the context of the implementation of the Statutory Social Long-Term Care Insurance in Germany. While the political debate about coverage for long-term care needs has been dominated by financing issues during the formation of the new insurance law [Eisen (1992), 236], it is the the material aspects, such as the quality of care, which have become an issue of growing public interest with the passing of the bill on the new long-term care insurance scheme.
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Johne, G. (1996). The Assessment and the Regulation of Quality in Long-Term Care. In: Eisen, R., Sloan, F.A. (eds) Long-Term Care: Economic Issues and Policy Solutions. Developments in Health Economics and Public Policy, vol 5. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4096-0_14
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