t should be noted that institutional care in the health
service facility for the aged and geriatric ward (only
facilities under the LTCI scheme), and medical day
care services, visiting nurse services, and visiting
rehabilitation services are included in the LTCI
scheme. These services were formerly covered by the
medical insurance scheme. This removal of medical
services from the health insurance scheme is expected
to reduce the medical expenditure to some extent.
However, some researchers predict this reduction will
not occur w3x, and in fact, this reduction in total health
expenditures for the aged has not been observed up
to now.