Demand of long-term care and benefit eligibility across European countries.

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  • Author(s): Carrino L;Carrino L;Carrino L; Orso CE; Orso CE; Pasini G; Pasini G; Pasini G
  • Source:
    Health economics [Health Econ] 2018 Aug; Vol. 27 (8), pp. 1175-1188. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Apr 25.
  • Publication Type:
    Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: Wiley Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 9306780 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1099-1050 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 10579230 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Health Econ
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: Chichester ; New York : Wiley, c1992-
    • Subject Terms:
      Health Services Needs and Demand* ; Long-Term Care*; Eligibility Determination/*methods ; Home Care Services/*statistics & numerical data ; Patient Care/*statistics & numerical data; Activities of Daily Living ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Europe ; Female ; Humans ; Male
    • Abstract:
      In this paper, we study how elderly individuals adjust their informal long-term care utilization to changes in the provision of formal care. Despite this is crucial to design effective policies of formal elderly care, empirical evidence is scant due to the lack of credible identification strategies to account for the endogeneity of formal care. We propose a novel instrument, an index that captures individuals' eligibility status for the long-term care programs implemented in the region of residence. Our estimates, which are robust to a number of different specifications, suggest that higher formal care provision would lead to an increase in informal care utilization as well. In the context of current theoretical economic model of care use, this result points to the existence of a substantial unmet demand of care among older people in Europe.
      (Copyright © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.)
    • Grant Information:
      U01 AG009740 United States AG NIA NIH HHS; P01 AG005842 United States AG NIA NIH HHS; P01 AG008291 United States AG NIA NIH HHS; P30 AG012815 United States AG NIA NIH HHS; R21 AG025169 United States AG NIA NIH HHS; HHSN271201300071C United States AG NIA NIH HHS
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: SHARE data; home care; instrumental variables; unmet demand
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20180427 Date Completed: 20190815 Latest Revision: 20190815
    • Publication Date:
      20240829
    • Accession Number:
      10.1002/hec.3665
    • Accession Number:
      29696714