Comparing health outcomes and costs of home and community-based services (HCBS) versus institutional care (IC) for long-term care insurance beneficiaries in South Korea: Can the less severe benefit more?

Sunghun Yun and Soonman Kwon

Health Policy, 2025, vol. 161, issue C

Abstract: It is often considered that home and community-based services (HCBS) are better than institutional care services (IC) in terms of person’s preferences and costs in long-term care (LTC) settings. However, this may not always be the case depending on the baseline health status of the person. Using nationally representative data from South Korea, we examined whether the effects of HCBS versus IC on health outcomes and costs differ according to the individual's baseline health status.

Keywords: Long-term care; Home and community-based services; Effect modification due to health status; Entropy balancing; Health and cost outcomes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2025.105427

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