Estimating the monetary benefits of medicare eligibility for reducing the symptoms of dementia

Robert Brent

Applied Economics, 2018, vol. 50, issue 58, 6327-6340

Abstract: We adopt a three-component method based on the idea of cost-saving for estimating the monetary benefits of Medicare eligibility for reducing dementia symptoms. The method involves Medicare eligibility lowering dementia symptoms, which reduces the need for dependent living, which in turn lowers caregiving costs. We use the Regression Discontinuity approach to establish a causal link between Medicare eligibility and dementia. The novel aspect of the study comes from using a quality-of-life proxy measure for the utility function to derive the marginal rate of substitution between dementia symptoms reduction and dependent living arrangements.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2018.1489519

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