Does home care for dependent elderly people improve their mental health?
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While theoretical models on long-term care decisions assume that the health production function of dependent elderly depends positively on the care received, it has not received much attention in the empirical literature. We estimate the effects of both informal and formal home care on the mental health of elderly individuals in France needing help with daily activities. We adjust for the endogeneity of care with instrumental variables, using characteristics of adult children and geographical disparities in access to public long-term care coverage. The results show that informal care reduces the risk of depression of dependent elderly and that formal care increases their general mental health.
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- Authors
- Barnay, T., & Juin, S.
- Affiliations
- Université Paris-Est Créteil (FR)
- Institut national d'études démographiques (FR)
- Corresponding author
- Juin, Sandrine
- ORCID
- Barnay, Thomas
- Venue
- Journal of Health Economics
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016-01
- Volume
- 45
- Pages
- 149-160
- ISSN
- 0167-6296 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1832597124
- Cited by
- 89
- References
- 45
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 22 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 2.50
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Health Economics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Archined (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-10-LABX-0089)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Aging, Health, and Disability
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Keywords
- home care, dependent elderly, mental health, depression, informal care, formal care, long-term care, activities of daily living, adult children, geographic disparities
- MeSH terms
- Activities of Daily Living, Aged, France, Health Surveys, Home Care Services, Humans, Mental Health
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