Shadow and extended shadow cost sharing associated to informal long-term care: the case of Spain.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:A large part of the long-term care is provided by non-professional caregivers, generally without any monetary payment but a value economic of time invested. The economic relevance of informal caregivers has been recognized in Spain; however, public provision may still be scarce. The objective of this paper is to estimate the economic burden associated with informal long-term care that should assume the families through a new concept of cost sharing that consider opportunity costs of time provided by informal caregivers. METHODS:The study sample includes all dependent adults in Spain. Socioeconomic information and the number of hours of informal care was collected through the Spanish Disability and Dependency Survey. The terms of shadow and extended shadow cost sharing were defin

SUBMITTER: Del Pozo-Rubio R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7236927 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature