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Optimal Long-Term Care Provision and Insurance with Heterogeneous Preferences and Risks

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  • Nicholas-James Clavet
  • Pierre-Carl Michaud
  • Julien Navaux

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We analyze the optimal provision and insurance of long-term care in a context where preferences and risks vary across individuals. We combine a survey experiment conducted with 3,002 people aged 55 to 69 in Quebec with Quebec administrative data on care needs profiles, service provision, and health transitions. Our results suggest that an optimal scheme would reduce co-insurance for institutional care, increase it for home care, and lead to a constrained expansion of home care services. Compared with the current system in Quebec, such a reform would increase the use of home care, triple public spending, and generate a substantial gain in welfare, while highlighting the central role of capacity and labour constraints in the organization of long-term care. Nous analysons l’organisation et l’assurance optimales des soins de longue durée dans un contexte où les préférences et les risques varient d’une personne à l’autre. Nous combinons une expérience de sondage menée auprès de 3 002 personnes âgées de 55 à 69 ans au Québec à des données administratives québécoises sur les profils de besoins, l’offre de services et les transitions de santé. Nos résultats suggèrent qu’un régime optimal réduirait la coassurance en hébergement, l’augmenterait en soins à domicile et entraînerait une expansion contrainte des services à domicile. Par rapport au système actuel au Québec, une telle réforme accroîtrait le recours aux soins à domicile, triplerait les dépenses publiques et générerait un gain important de bien-être pour la population, tout en mettant en évidence le rôle central des contraintes de capacité et de main-d’œuvre dans l’organisation des soins de longue durée.

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  • Nicholas-James Clavet & Pierre-Carl Michaud & Julien Navaux, 2026. "Optimal Long-Term Care Provision and Insurance with Heterogeneous Preferences and Risks," CIRANO Working Papers 2026s-10, CIRANO.
  • Handle: RePEc:cir:cirwor:2026s-10
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    JEL classification:

    • H51 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Health
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-Labor Market Discrimination
    • J26 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Retirement; Retirement Policies

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