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Lessons from abroad for funding long-term care in England: a prospective policy transfer perspective on official documents

Martin Powell (HSMC, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK)

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

ISSN: 0144-333X

Article publication date: 28 September 2021

Issue publication date: 23 September 2022

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Abstract

Purpose

Many governments stress the importance of “learning from abroad”. An analysis of official documents over a period of some 20 years examines learning from abroad in the case of funding long-term care in England through the lens of prospective policy transfer.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper analyses the eight “official” documents in England that examined funding LTC from 1999 to 2019. It uses interpretive content analysis in a deductive approach that focuses on both manifest and latent content.

Findings

Only four of the eight documents gave more than a token level of attention to other nations, and of the remaining four, none fully satisfied the criteria or followed the recommendations of prospective policy transfer. Moreover, a rather limited pool of lessons from other nations is examined. Much of the material is rather descriptive, with limited explicit attention towards goals, problems, settings and policy performance, and a clear recommendation explicitly associated with a clear lesson or policy recommendation is rare.

Originality/value

This is the first analysis of the eight official documents that have discussed funding long-term care in England.

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Citation

Powell, M. (2022), "Lessons from abroad for funding long-term care in England: a prospective policy transfer perspective on official documents", International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Vol. 42 No. 11-12, pp. 949-961. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-06-2021-0154

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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