ArticleRisk management and healthcare policy2020
Health Insurance and Long-Term Care Services for the Disabled Elderly in China: Based on CHARLS Data.
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Abstract
purposeThis paper aimed to explore the relationship between the different factors, especially health insurance, and the availability of long-term care (LTC) services, among the disabled elderly.
methodsBased on the data of China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), the logistic regression model was utilized to evaluate the influence of the different factors, especially health insurance, on the availability of long-term care services.
resultsOur findings show some interesting results. Firstly, the findings suggest that informal long-term care (LTC) services for elderly persons with disabilities heavily depend on a family member from different health insurance groups. About 80.733% of the disabled elderly depend on a family member as their primary caregivers. Secondly, other influence factors such as income and area of residence were also significantly related to the availability of long-term rental services. Thirdly, Health insurance is a very important factor influencing the availability of Long-term care services both in urban and rural areas (p<0.001) but Income is the most interesting variable.
conclusionBased on our results, the growth and integration of formal long-term care (LTC) services should be facilitated. Firstly, policymakers can encourage formal long-term care (LTC) services from a variety of sources to work together to increase overall supply capability. Secondly, the long-term living security needs of people who do not have health insurance should be regulated through subsidies according to the economic status.
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