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ArticleJournal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2023

The Impact of Educational Attainment and Income on Long-Term Care for Persons with Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias: A Swedish Nationwide Study.

Minh Tuan Hoang, Ingemar Kåreholt, Pär Schön, Lena von Koch, Hong Xu, Edwin C K Tan, Kristina Johnell, Maria Eriksdotter, Sara Garcia-Ptacek

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Article in Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Minh Tuan HoangDivision of Clinical Geriatrics, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Ingemar KåreholtInstitute of Gerontology, School of Health Welfare, Aging Research Network - Jönköping (ARN-J), Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden.
Pär SchönDepartment of Social Work, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
Lena von KochDivision of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Hong XuDivision of Clinical Geriatrics, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Edwin C K TanThe University of Sydney, Faculty of Medicine and Health, School of Pharmacy, New South Wales, Australia.
Kristina JohnellDepartment of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Maria EriksdotterDivision of Clinical Geriatrics, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Sara Garcia-PtacekDivision of Clinical Geriatrics, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Karolinska Institutet · SEKarolinska University Hospital · SEJönköping University · SEStockholm University · SEThe University of Sydney · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLong-term care improves independence and quality of life of persons with dementia (PWD). The influence of socioeconomic status on access to long-term care was understudied.

objectiveTo explore the socioeconomic disparity in long-term care for PWD.

methodsThis registry-based study included 14,786 PWD, registered in the Swedish registry for cognitive and dementia disorders (2014-2016). Education and income, two traditional socioeconomic indicators, were the main exposure. Outcomes were any kind of long-term care, specific types of long-term care (home care, institutional care), and the monthly average hours of home care. The association between outcomes and socioeconomic status was examined with zero-inflated negative binomial regression and binary logistic regression.

resultsPWD with compulsory education had lower likelihood of receiving any kind of long-term care (OR 0.80, 95% CI 0.68-0.93), or home care (OR 0.83, 95% CI 0.70-0.97), compared to individuals with university degrees. Their monthly average hours of home care were 0.70 times (95% CI 0.59-0.82) lower than those of persons with university degrees. There was no significant association between education and the receipt of institutional care. Stratifying on persons with Alzheimer's disease showed significant association between lower education and any kind of long-term care, and between income and the hours of home care.

conclusionsSocioeconomic inequalities in long-term care existed in this study population. Lower-educated PWD were less likely to acquire general long-term care, home care and had lower hours of home care, compared to their higher-educated counterparts. Income was not significantly associated with the receipt of long-term care.

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Alzheimer DiseaseDementiaEducational StatusHumansLong-Term CareQuality of LifeSwedenaged caredementiadisparityeducationhome careincomeinequalityinstitutional careKeywordsAlzheimer’s diseaselong-term care

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