Webbläsaren som du använder stöds inte av denna webbplats. Alla versioner av Internet Explorer stöds inte längre, av oss eller Microsoft (läs mer här: * https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/windows/end-of-ie-support).

Var god och använd en modern webbläsare för att ta del av denna webbplats, som t.ex. nyaste versioner av Edge, Chrome, Firefox eller Safari osv.

Informal and formal care among single-living elderly in Europe.

In English

Författare

Summary, in English

The aims of this study were to analyse (1) whether informal care, provided by children or grandchildren to their elderly parents, and formal care are substitutes or complements, and (2) whether this relationship differs across Europe. The analyses Were based on cross-sectional data from the newly developed SHARE (Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe) database. We found (1) that informal and formal home care are substitutes, while informal care is a complement to doctor and hospital visits, and (2) that these relationships in some cases differ according to a European north-south gradient. Instrumental variable methods were used and the results highlight the importance of accounting for the endogeneity of informal care.

Publiceringsår

2008

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

393-409

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Health Economics

Volym

17

Issue

3

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

Ämne

  • Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy

Nyckelord

  • informal care
  • formal care
  • Europe
  • SHARE
  • endogeneity

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1099-1050