Association of home-and community-based services with health-related quality of life among Chinese older adults.

ABSTRACT:

Purposes

Home-and community-based services (HCBS) are becoming increasingly popular globally to meet the challenges of ageing populations. This study aims to investigate whether HCBS utilizing was associated with higher health related quality of life (HRQoL) in older adults, and to explore how this association may vary across populations with different demographic and socioeconomic characteristics.

Methods

The data used in this study were derived from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study in 2018. Ordinary least squares regression was employed to assess the association between HCBS and EQ-5D-3 L score in older adults, while the impact of HCBS on each health dimension separately could be examined by ordered-logit regression. Entropy balancing was used to verify t

SUBMITTER: Wei C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12625256 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature