2026
Are Long-Term Care Needs Assessments Fiscal Policy Tools?
Heber Dávila, David Knapp, Yeeun Lee
EconPol Forum 27 (3) 27-32 CESifo Munich
Are Long-Term Care Needs Assessments Fiscal PolicyTools?
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Are Long-Term Care Needs Assessments Fiscal Policy Tools?
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Key Messages
- Care needs assessment (CNA) criteria determine long-term care (LTC) access
- National LTC eligibility is shaped by CNA design, not only by level of functional limitation
- Identical care profiles yield divergent eligibility outcomes across European LTC systems
- CNAs function as fiscal policy tools, with eligibility thresholds regulating publicly financed care
- CNA design has fiscal and care access consequences and should be treated as a key component of LTC policy