03.02.01.01. How is the public long-term care system financed? | Jamaica

03.02.01.01. How is the public long-term care system financed? | Jamaica

27 Sep 2022

The infirmaries are funded by the Ministry of Local Government and disbursed through each local parish authority. Donations are made periodically by non-governmental organisations, community-based organisations, faith-based organisations, service clubs, and private individuals.

 [1] For a “public” long-term care system we mean a system that is designed, regulated, and monitored by the state (or other sub-national government level). For example, in some countries (for example Singapore and Germany) the state sets out the “rules” of a long-term care insurance system, but the actual insurers and care providers are in the private sector.