Health effects of long-term care insurance on spouses of disabled people: a quasi-experimental study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is still uncertain whether and how formal long-term care (LTC) systems affect the health status of family members. This paper examines the health effects of long-term care insurance (LTCI) on spouses of disabled people in China.

Methods

The data is from China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey (CHARLS), a longitudinal survey of a nationally representative sample of Chinese residents aged 45 or older and their spouses, and China City Statistical Yearbook. Exploiting the regional variation in the implementation of LTCI in the first round of pilot cities in China, a difference-in-difference (DID) strategy is applied to identify the causal effects of LTCI on the health status of spouses of disabled people. We carefully identify the causal effects by controll

SUBMITTER: Yi Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10588235 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature