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What Makes People Nursing Home Residents: Individual Need or Municipalities’ Supply?

In: State, Institutions and Democracy

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  • Theis Theisen

    (University of Agder)

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In a context where admissions to nursing homes are strictly rationed we examine which individuals become nursing home residents. Rationing decisions are taken by municipalities. Using a national sample we estimate the impact on the rationing decision of individual characteristics and characteristics of the municipalities in which individuals live. High age, lack of self-care productivity and lack of cognitive ability have a positive impact on whether an individual is in a nursing home. By contrast, ample access to informal care has a substantial negative impact on the probability of residing in a nursing home. Men have a slightly lower incidence than women of living in a nursing home. Municipalities’ capacity in the nursing home sector has a strong positive impact on the probability of living in a nursing home.

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  • Theis Theisen, 2017. "What Makes People Nursing Home Residents: Individual Need or Municipalities’ Supply?," Studies in Political Economy, in: Norman Schofield & Gonzalo Caballero (ed.), State, Institutions and Democracy, pages 251-270, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:stpocp:978-3-319-44582-3_11
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-44582-3_11
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    1. Amélie Carrère & Emmanuelle Cambois & Roméo Fontaine, 2023. "Institutional Long-Term Care Use in France (2008-2015): The Role of Family Resources," Economie et Statistique / Economics and Statistics, Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques (INSEE), issue 538, pages 31-48.

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