{"title":"Germany: everyone has to be insured for cost of long term care","authors":"A. Tuffs","doi":"10.1136/BMJ.324.7353.1542/B","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Since the 1 January 1995 every German citizen has to be insured against the risk of needing special care as a consequence of either disease or old age. About 1.7% of people's wages is deducted every month for this type of insurance, together with a contribution for their health insurance.\n\nEven those with private insurance are obliged to join the nursing care insurance scheme of their insurance company.\n\nCurrently, about two million …","PeriodicalId":9201,"journal":{"name":"BMJ : British Medical Journal","volume":"84 1","pages":"1542"},"PeriodicalIF":42.7000,"publicationDate":"2002-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"BMJ : British Medical Journal","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1136/BMJ.324.7353.1542/B","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Since the 1 January 1995 every German citizen has to be insured against the risk of needing special care as a consequence of either disease or old age. About 1.7% of people's wages is deducted every month for this type of insurance, together with a contribution for their health insurance.
Even those with private insurance are obliged to join the nursing care insurance scheme of their insurance company.
Currently, about two million …
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