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RESEARCH PRODUCT

What Makes People Nursing Home Residents: Individual Need or Municipalities’ Supply?

Theis Theisen

subject

Lower incidenceNursingRationingContext (language use)Demographic economicsSample (statistics)BusinessNursing home residentNursing homesProductivity

description

In a context where admissions to nursing homes are strictly rationed we examine which individuals become nursing home residents. Rationing decisions are taken by municipalities. Using a national sample we estimate the impact on the rationing decision of individual characteristics and characteristics of the municipalities in which individuals live. High age, lack of self-care productivity and lack of cognitive ability have a positive impact on whether an individual is in a nursing home. By contrast, ample access to informal care has a substantial negative impact on the probability of residing in a nursing home. Men have a slightly lower incidence than women of living in a nursing home. Municipalities’ capacity in the nursing home sector has a strong positive impact on the probability of living in a nursing home.

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44582-3_11