Long-term care in the Netherlands

Pieter Bakx, Eddy Van Doorslaer and Bram Wouterse

No 31823, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: We describe the financing and use of long-term care in the Netherlands. Public long-term care insurance is universal and comprehensive; user fees are low compared to other countries. We use linked survey and administrative data to document the distribution of the need for long-term care in the 65+ population, long-term care costs and how they are paid for. The findings reveal that no other country spends more per capita on publicly financed formal care than The Netherlands. A potential reason is that the threshold to receive formal care appears to be lower in the Netherlands than in other countries. Still, a considerable share of the adult population provides informal care. Caregiving is concentrated in specific demographic groups. The costs of informal care provision are considerable, but as a share of total spending on long term care they are smaller than in most developed countries. Adding the costs of informal care to formal care expenditures changes the view on who bears the costs of long-term care.

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Date: 2023-11
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Published as Long-Term Care in the Netherlands , Pieter Bakx, Eddy van Doorslaer, Bram Wouterse. in Long-Term Care around the World , Gruber and McGarry. 2025

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