Research on Policy Diffusion Characteristics of Long-Term Care Insurance in China
Objective:Solidly promoting the construction of China's long-term care insurance system is an important part of improving the social security system and a key measure to build Healthy China.Methods:Based on the policy diffusion theory,this paper uses the time series analysis method and the policy literature reference network analysis method to quantitatively study the long-term care insurance policies in China from 2012 to 2024,revealing the process and characteristics of policy diffusion.Results:The diffusion intensity of long-term care insurance policies shows the characteristics of temporal aggregation,mainly concentrated on the year from 2016 to 2021,and presents a multi-center snowflake-shaped diffusion network structure.The top two policies in terms of diffusion intensity and breadth are all opinion policies from national ministries and commissions,and local policies show strong regional characteristics.Through keyword time series analysis,it is found that long-term care insurance policies show the diffusion characteristics of"first bottom-up,then top-down".Conclusion:This study shows the complexity and multi-level nature of the diffusion of long-term care insurance policies in China,which is helpful to reveal the process of implementing the national health strategy into local pension policies,and provides useful enlightenment for the formulation and implementation of long-term care insurance policies in the future.
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