Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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961554 | Journal of Health Economics | 2011 | 14 Pages |
Abstract
Those living alone or deceased from diabetes, mental illness, stroke, respiratory or digestive disease have higher LTCE, while a cancer death is associated with lower expenditures. TTD no longer determines homecare expenditures when disability is controlled for. This suggests that TTD largely approximates disability. Nonetheless, further standardization of disability measurement is required before disability could replace TTD in LTCE projections models.
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Authors
Claudine de Meijer, Marc Koopmanschap, Teresa Bago d' Uva, Eddy van Doorslaer,