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Table 10 LTC users by age and gender, as a share of respective population group (I, II)

From: The Long-Term Care Insurance Program in Israel: solidarity with the elderly in a changing society

Country

Year

Female, 65-79

Female, 80+

Male, 65-79

Male, 80+

Public LTC spending, share of GDP (%)

Poland

2008

0.00

0.02

0.01

0.03

0.4

Korea, South

2008

0.02

0.10

0.01

0.06

0.2

Canada

2007

0.01

0.11

0.01

0.07

1.2

Slovenia

2008

0.02

0.14

0.02

0.07

0.8

Ireland

2008

0.01

0.14

0.01

0.09

N/A

Hungary

2008

0.08

0.17

0.06

0.12

0.3

Sweden

2008

0.02

0.18

0.02

0.11

3.6

Iceland

2008

0.02

0.19

0.02

0.13

1.7

Switzerland

2008

0.02

0.21

0.01

0.11

0.8

Netherlands

2007

0.03

0.23

0.02

0.13

3.5

Germany

2008

0.05

0.33

0.05

0.20

0.9

Finland

2008

0.06

0.34

0.05

0.23

1.8

Luxembourg

2007

0.06

0.35

0.05

0.23

1.4

Australia

2007

0.06

0.36

0.03

0.20

0.8

Czech Republic

2008

0.07

0.40

0.05

0.24

0.2

New Zealand

2008

0.10

0.44

0.05

0.27

1.3

Norway

2008

0.08

0.46

0.06

0.32

2.0

Israel (III)

2008

0.13

0.47

0.06

0.32

0.7

Israel’s ranking

-

1

1

1-4

1-2

13

Israel (IV)

2008

0.10

0.47

0.07

0.32

0.7

Israel’s ranking

-

1-2

1

1

1-2

13

  1. Source: NII – Research and Planning Administration; [35]: 41, 46.
  2. Notes: (I) Data for Israel about users refer to LTCIP beneficiaries, only. Data for Israel on public LTC spending as % of GDP refer to 2010 and include community and institutional care ([2]: 90).
  3. (II) Data for Israel includes beneficiaries of home-based care only. For countries other than Israel, see notes in [35].
  4. (III) For Israel, the population of women and men includes those aged 65 and over who receive LTC services in the community under LTCIP.
  5. (IV) For Israel, the retirement age for women is 62 and the retirement age for men is 67.