Socioeconomic inequality in the use of long-term care for the elderly in Europe

Maja Matanic Vautmans (), Marijana Oreb () and Sasa Drezgic ()
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Maja Matanic Vautmans: University of Rijeka, Faculty of Economics and Business, Rijeka, Croatia
Marijana Oreb: University of Rijeka, Faculty of Economics and Business, Rijeka, Croatia
Sasa Drezgic: University of Rijeka, Faculty of Economics and Business, Rijeka, Croatia

Public Sector Economics, 2023, vol. 47, issue 2, 149-176

Abstract: The use of formal and informal care for the elderly depends on many factors: income, urban-rural environment, educational attainment, family composition (singles/multi-member family), age and severity of health complications. For this analysis, a pro-rich poverty model is used based on data from the latest (8th) edition of SHARE (Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe) to examine the impact of socioeconomic inequalities among older people in the use of home care in European Union. The main results indicate that the pro-poor distribution of long-term care prevails in most of the studied countries. At the same time, health variables contribute to pro-poor inequality in the use of long-term care, mainly in informal care. When it comes to formal care, most countries have pro-poor contributions. Formal care inequalities disappeared when adjusted for need factors, while informal care inequalities remained in most countries.

Keywords: formal care; informal care; long-term care; inequity; SHARE data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H4 I0 R2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.3326/pse.47.2.1

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