Expectations among the elderly about nursing home entry.
Health Serv Res
; 35(5 Pt 2): 1181-202, 2000 Dec.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To assess whether the covariates that explain expectations of nursing home entry are consistent with the characteristics of those who enter nursing homes. DATA SOURCES Waves 1 and 2 of the Assets and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old (AHEAD) survey. STUDYDESIGN:
We model expectations about nursing home entry as a function of expectations about leaving a bequest, living at least ten years, health condition, and other observed characteristics. We use an instrumental variables and generalized least squares (IV-GLS) method based on Hausman and Taylor (1981) to obtain more efficient estimates than fixed effects, without the restrictive assumptions of random effects. PRINCIPALFINDINGS:
Expectations about nursing home entry are reasonably close to the actual probability of nursing home entry. Most of the variables that affect actual entry also have significant effects on expectations about entry. Medicaid subsidies for nursing home care may have little effect on expectations about nursing home entry; individuals in the lowest asset quartile, who are most likely to receive these subsidies, report probabilities not significantly different from those in other quartiles. Application of the IV-GLS approach is supported by a series of specification tests.CONCLUSIONS:
We find that expectations about future nursing home entry are consistent with the characteristics of actual entrants. Underestimation of risk of nursing home entry as a reason for low levels of long-term care insurance is not supported by this analysis.
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Asunto principal:
Admisión del Paciente
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Anciano
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Actitud Frente a la Salud
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Hogares para Ancianos
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Casas de Salud
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
País como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Año:
2000
Tipo del documento:
Article