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Testing the bed-blocking hypothesis: does higher supply of nursing and care homes reduce delayed hospital discharges?
Gaughan, James; Gravelle, Hugh; Siciliani, Luigi - Centre for Health Economics, Department of Economics … - 2014
Hospital bed blocking occurs when hospital patients are ready to be discharged to a nursing home but no place is available, so that hospital care acts as a more costly substitute for long-term care. We investigate the extent to which higher supply of nursing home beds or lower prices can reduce...
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Paying for the Boomers: Long-Term Care and Intergenerational Equity
Colin Busby Author- Workplace-Name: C.D. Howe Institute - In: C.D. Howe Institute Commentary (2014) 415
The aging of Canada’s babyboomers is going to put significant pressure on the way in which we pay for and organize long-term care (LTC) services. The demand for LTC services remains relatively small for the first decade of life after age 65, but rises sharply around the time people turn 80....
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Moral Hazard and Cash Benefits in Long-Term Home Care
van den Berg, Bernard; Hassink, Wolter H.J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
This paper tests empirically for ex-post moral hazard in a system based on demand-side subsidies. In the Netherlands, demand-side subsidies were introduced in 1996. Clients receive a cash benefit to purchase the type of home care (housework, personal care, support with mobility, organisational...
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On the Inclusion of Dementia Patients into Compulsory Long-term Care Insurance - A Sustainable Step?
Häcker, Jasmin; Raffelhüschen, Bernd - In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES) 142 (2006) V, pp. 113-116
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How Do Migrants Care for Their Elderly Parents? Time, Money and Location
Wolff, François-Charles; Dimova, Ralitza - In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES) 142 (2006) V, pp. 123-130
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Population Ageing and Health Care Expenditure: Is Long-term Care Different?
Felder, Stefan; Zweifel, Peter; Werblow, Andreas - In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES), … 142 (2006) S (special issue), pp. 43-48
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Alternative Approaches to Long-term Care Financing. Distributive Implications and Sustainability for Italy
Baldini, Massimo; Beltrametti, Luca - In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES), … 142 (2006) S (special issue), pp. 117-121
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The Europeanization of Long-term Care
Fischer, Timo - In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES), … 142 (2006) S (special issue), pp. 131-137
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Welfare Effects of Long-term Care Reform in Germany
Fehr, Hans; Halder, Gitte - In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES), … 142 (2006) S (special issue), pp. 107-112
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Quantifying Uncertainty in Long-term Care Costs following the Introduction of New Drug Therapy
Namee, Paul Mc - In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES), … 142 (2006) S (special issue), pp. 61-68
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