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Individual and country-level determinants of nursing home admission in the last year of life in Europe

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  • Erwin Stolz
  • Hannes Mayerl
  • Éva Rásky
  • Wolfgang Freidl

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Background: Previous research has focussed on individual-level determinants of nursing home admission (NHA), although substantial variation in the prevalence of NHA between European countries suggests a substantial impact of country of residence. The aim of this analysis was to assess individual-level determinants and the role of country of residence and specifically a country`s public institutional long-term care infrastructure on proxy-reported NHA in the last year of life. Methods: We analysed data from 7,018 deceased respondents (65+) of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (2004–2015, 16 countries) using Bayesian hierarchical logistic regression analysis in order to model proxy-reported NHA. Results: In total, 14% of the general older population utilised nursing home care in the last year of life but there was substantial variation across countries (range = 2–30%). On the individual-level, need factors such as functional and cognitive impairment were the strongest predictors of NHA. In total, 18% of the variance of NHA was located at the country-level; public expenditure on institutional care strongly affected the chance of NHA in the last year of life. Conclusion: On the individual-level, the strong impact of need factors indicated equitable access to NHA, whereas differences in public spending for institutional care indicated inequitable access across European countries.

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  • Erwin Stolz & Hannes Mayerl & Éva Rásky & Wolfgang Freidl, 2019. "Individual and country-level determinants of nursing home admission in the last year of life in Europe," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(3), pages 1-10, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0213787
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213787
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