Long-term care insurance and implementation for older people in China: a systematic review of textual evidence...

The objective of this systematic review is to synthesize and compare policies and implementation strategies on long-term care insurance for older people in China.

Current information about China's long-term care insurance from a textual perspective is limited. Due to late inception and fragmented management, textual evidence on this topic will offer a unique perspective on the structure and implementation strategies of long-term care insurance policies in China.

The population of this review will be adults aged 60 years or older. The phenomena of interest will be long-term care insurance policies and implementation strategies in China. Published sources and gray literature in English and Chinese since 2016 will be included. Exclusions will apply to hospitalized individuals as well as those under 60 years of age who are permanently disabled due to illness or disability.

The proposed systematic review will be conducted in line with the JBI methodology for systematic reviews of textual evidence. Databases to be searched will include PubMed, Embase (Ovid), CINAHL (EBSCOhost), Web of Science Social Science Citation Index, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), and the National Social Science Database. For gray literature, we will conduct an advanced Google search as well as searching ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global and ProQuest Central. Additionally, we will search the websites of local governments in pilot cities. The JBI critical appraisal checklist for textual evidence will be used to evaluate the quality of textual sources. All identified sources will be retrieved and assessed in detail by 2 independent reviewers. Data extraction and synthesis will be conducted, and a meta-aggregative approach will be employed to synthesize data and conclusions, which will be graded using ConQual. A recommendation will be issued as a Good Practice Statement.

PROSPERO CRD42023414967.