Can formal home and community-based care substitute informal care? Evidence from Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Formal home and community-based care are often considered as the preferable option to institutional care, offering older individuals the convenience of receiving care in their homes. Although research has found that these services may alleviate the burden on informal caregivers, there is a lack of research on which specific types of formal home and community-based care influence informal care provision.

Methods

Employing fixed-effects and quantile regression models, this study seeks to explore the effects that various formal home and community-based care services have on reducing the burden of informal care. This study draws data from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey 2005, 2008, 2011, 2014, and 2018.

Results

Our findings indicate that two t

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11373235 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature