Institutional care in four Latin American countries: the importance of fostering public information and evaluation strategies

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dc.contributor.authorWachholz, Patrick Alexander
dc.contributor.authorMorsch, Patricia
dc.contributor.authorDintrans, Pablo Villalobos
dc.contributor.authorBarrientos-Calvo, Isabel
dc.contributor.authorBrowne, Jorge
dc.contributor.authorBello-Chavolla, Omar Yaxmehen
dc.contributor.authorVega, Enrique
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T17:07:07Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T17:07:07Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractMore than 8 million older people in Latin America depend on long -term care (LTC), accounting for 12% of people aged >= 60 years and almost 27% of those aged >= 80. It is crucial to develop sustainable strategies for providing LTC in the area, including institutional care. This special report aims to characterize institutional LTC in four countries (Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica and Mexico), using available information systems, and to identify the strategies adopted to support institutional care in these countries. This narrative review used nationwide, open -access, public data sources to gather demographic estimates and information about institutional LTC coverage and the availability of open -access data for the proportion of people with LTC needs, the number of LTC facilities and the number of residents living in them. These countries have a larger share of older people than the average in Latin America but fewer LTC facilities than required by the demand. National surveys lack standardization in defining disability, LTC and dependency on care. Information about institutional care is mainly fragmented and does not regularly include LTC facilities, their residents and workers. Data are crucial to inform evidence-based decisions to favor prioritization and to support advances in promoting policies around institutional LTC in Latin America. Although information about institutional care in the region is fragmented and insufficient, this paper profiles the four selected countries. It highlights the need for a better structure for datadriven LTC information systems. The lack of information emphasizes the urgency of the need to focus on and encourage research into this topic.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.26633/RPSP.2024.14
dc.identifier.eissn1680-5348
dc.identifier.issn1020-4989
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2024.14
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/90842
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:001182240800001
dc.language.isoen
dc.revistaRevista panamericana de salud publica-pan american journal of public health
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectLong-term care
dc.subjectaging
dc.subjectLatin America
dc.subject.ods03 Good Health and Well-being
dc.subject.odspa03 Salud y bienestar
dc.titleInstitutional care in four Latin American countries: the importance of fostering public information and evaluation strategies
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen48
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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