Predictors of long-term care use - informal home care recipients versus private and public facilities residents in Poland.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The population aging, together with the shrinking caring potential of families, is a major challenge for social policy in the coming years. The aim of the study is to identify the factors that determine not only the use of long-term care (LTC) but also the selection of individual types of such care in Poland.

Methods

Using unique data collected from inpatient LTC facilities in Poland and the Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) database, we estimate logistic regressions explaining the choice of LTC solution.

Results

Our results suggest that social inequalities play a role in choosing the type of LTC. Better educated people choose private institutions, while people without support network use more often social residential homes. The impa

SUBMITTER: Wrotek M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10463875 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature