What Makes People Nursing Home Residents: Individual Need or Municipalities’ Supply?

Theis Theisen ()
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Theis Theisen: University of Agder

A chapter in State, Institutions and Democracy, 2017, pp 251-270 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In a context where admissions to nursing homes are strictly rationed we examine which individuals become nursing home residents. Rationing decisions are taken by municipalities. Using a national sample we estimate the impact on the rationing decision of individual characteristics and characteristics of the municipalities in which individuals live. High age, lack of self-care productivity and lack of cognitive ability have a positive impact on whether an individual is in a nursing home. By contrast, ample access to informal care has a substantial negative impact on the probability of residing in a nursing home. Men have a slightly lower incidence than women of living in a nursing home. Municipalities’ capacity in the nursing home sector has a strong positive impact on the probability of living in a nursing home.

Keywords: Nursing Home; Home Care; Informal Care; Nursing Home Resident; Nursing Home Care (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-44582-3_11

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