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. 2011 May 31;11:e019. doi: 10.5334/ijic.584

Table 2. .

Beneficiaries in the German LTC insurance in 2009

2.34 Million
people are dependent on nursing care and eligible for benefits from the LTC insurance
1.62 Million (69%)
are cared for in their own homes
717.000 (31%)
are cared for in
nursing homes
1.07 Million people are cared for by family/informal carers only and receive cash payments: 550.000 people are utilizing a professional home care service and receive care-in-kind-benefits:
63.9% on level I 54.5% on level I 36.8% on level I
28.4% on level II 33.9% on level II 41.2% on level II
7.7% on level III 11.6% on level III 20.5% on level III