Essays on long-term care
This thesis analyses the effects of expanding public Long-Term Care (LTC) benefits in Spain, using three different approaches. In the first chapter, I estimate the impact of public LTC allowances on the mortality of the beneficiaries. My results suggest that providing care prevents a deterioration i...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis doctoral |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | CBUC, CESCA |
| Repositorio: | TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/456565 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10803/456565 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Long-Term Care Spain 33 |
| Sumario: | This thesis analyses the effects of expanding public Long-Term Care (LTC) benefits in Spain, using three different approaches. In the first chapter, I estimate the impact of public LTC allowances on the mortality of the beneficiaries. My results suggest that providing care prevents a deterioration in health, such that death is postponed when the level of needs is low or moderate. In the second chapter –with Garc´ıa-G´omez, L´opez-Casasnovas and Vidiella-Martin–, we assess the equity of the access of public LTC. We show that the system is particularly inequitable regarding the form of provision of benefits. This translates into a pro-poor concentration of longer waiting time to access care. Finally, in the last chapter –with L´opez-Casasnovas and Nicodemo–, we investigate the unintended consequences of a non-linear scheme of benefits. We identify that around 3% of the claimants are upgraded to the next level of benefits, increasing the cost for the system. Instead, the proposed linear system of benefits could make the system more egalitarian and minimise the unintended incentives. |
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