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What is the Marginal Benefit of Payment-Induced Family Care?

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  • Norma B. Coe
  • Jing Guo
  • R. Tamara Konetzka
  • Courtney Harold Van Houtven

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Research on informal and formal long-term care has centered almost solely on costs; to date, there has been very little attention paid to the benefits. This study exploits the randomization in the Cash and Counseling Demonstration and Evaluation program and instrumental variable techniques to gain causal estimates of the effect of family involvement in home-based care on health care utilization and health outcomes. We find that family involvement significantly decreases Medicaid utilization. Importantly, we find family involvement significantly lowers the likelihood of urinary tract infections, respiratory infections, and bedsores, suggesting that the lower utilization is due to better health outcomes.

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  • Norma B. Coe & Jing Guo & R. Tamara Konetzka & Courtney Harold Van Houtven, 2016. "What is the Marginal Benefit of Payment-Induced Family Care?," NBER Working Papers 22249, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    • I1 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health
    • I13 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Insurance, Public and Private
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy

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