Preventive Home Visits

Norman Bannenberg, Oddvar Førland, Tor Iversen, Martin Karlsson and Henning Øien
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Norman Bannenberg: University Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Oddvar Førland: VID Specialized University, Norway
Henning Øien: Norwegian Institute of Public Health

No 1907, CINCH Working Paper Series from Universitaet Duisburg-Essen, Competent in Competition and Health

Abstract: This paper evaluates the introduction of preventive home visits (PHV) for older people in Norway. Their purpose is to support autonomy and independence as well as preventing disability and nursing home admissions. We contribute to the literature by exploiting a natural experiment in Norwegian municipalities. Our results show that the introduction of a PHV program significantly changes the use of local public resources away from nursing homes, while increasing the utilization of home-based care. Further, PHVs lead to a decline in hospital admissions by 8 percent – whereas treatments for mental health conditions remain unaffected. Mortality is reduced by 4 percent in the age group 80 and above.

Keywords: preventive home visits; long-term care; natural experiment; primary prevention (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 H75 I18 J14 J18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 62 pages
Date: 2019-07
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