Behavioral Analysis of the Choice of Community-Based Formal Home Care, Informal Home Care and Nursing Home Care in Japan
The Japanese public long-term care insurance for the elderly is unequivocally a problem both for the health care system and as a social issue. The issues for the socially hospitalized and institutionalized are still unsolved due to a lack of family and community support. A central feature is to investigate the behavioral choices among elderly formal/informal home care and nursing home care. This study uses the General Survey on Actual Living Conditions of Elderly People as a natural experiment to analyze behavioral decision-making between the nursing home care and community-based formal/informal home care among the elderly. A logit model analysis that controls for socio-economic, demographic and physical/mental health influential factors was conducted. Developing community-based formal/informal home care would lead to economic gains. A provision of compensation to family health caregivers for their informal home care for the elderly is a key factor and a viable option. The Geneva Papers (2006) 31, 600–632. doi:10.1057/palgrave.gpp.2510101
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2006
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Authors: | Yamada, Tetsuji ; Chen, Chia-Ching ; Yamada, Tadashi ; Fahs, Marianne ; Fukawa, Tetsuo |
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The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice. - Palgrave Macmillan, ISSN 1018-5895. - Vol. 31.2006, 4, p. 600-632
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