Does home care for dependent elderly people improve their mental health?
Does home care for dependent elderly people improve their mental health?
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jhealeco.2015.10.008
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发表时间：
2016-01-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Juin, Sandrine
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作者：
Barnay, Thomas;Juin, Sandrine
虽然长期照护决策的理论模型假设赡养老人的健康生产函数正向依赖于所接受的照护，但在实证文献中并没有受到太多的关注。我们评估了非正式和正式家庭护理对法国需要日常活动帮助的老年人的心理健康的影响。我们使用工具变量调整护理的内生性，利用成年子女的特征和获得公共长期护理覆盖范围的地理差异。结果表明，非正式护理降低了依赖老年人抑郁的风险，正规护理提高了他们的总体心理健康水平。(C)2015爱思唯尔B.V.保留所有权利。
While theoretical models on long-term care decisions assume that the health production function of dependent elderly depends positively on the care received, it has not received much attention in the empirical literature. We estimate the effects of both informal and formal home care on the mental health of elderly individuals in France needing help with daily activities. We adjust for the endogeneity of care with instrumental variables, using characteristics of adult children and geographical disparities in access to public long-term care coverage. The results show that informal care reduces the risk of depression of dependent elderly and that formal care increases their general mental health. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.