Education-related inequalities in disability during the last years of life: a full population register-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about education-related inequalities in late-life disability. Here, we use individual-level register data on the receipt of the Austrian long-term care allowance (ALTCA) to assess education-related inequalities in the duration of late-life disability.

Methods

In this retrospective mortality follow-back study, we analyse receipt of ALTCA, a universal cash benefit based on physician-assessed disability in activities of daily living, during the last 5 years of life among all decedents aged 65 years and over from 2020 in Austria (n=76 772).

Results

The higher the level of education, the shorter the period for which ALTCA was received. Over the last 5 years of life, those with the primary/lower secondary education received ALTCA for 47% or 10 mon

SUBMITTER: Stolz E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11874278 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature