Association Between New-Onset Medicaid Home Care and Family Caregivers' Health.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

More than 17 million people in the US provide uncompensated care for adults with physical or cognitive limitations. Such caregiving is associated with worse mental and physical health, yet little research has investigated how publicly funded home care might ameliorate these harms.

Objective

To investigate the association between Medicaid home care services and family caregivers' health.

Design setting and participants

This longitudinal cohort study used data from the 1996 to 2017 Medical Expenditures Panel Survey. Data on all household members were collected in 5 interviews over 2 years. Person-level difference-in-difference models were used to isolate within-person changes associated with new onset of Medicaid home care. The Medical Expenditures Panel Surv

SUBMITTER: Unger ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8796991 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature