Income and the utilization of long-term care services: Evidence from the Social Security benefit notch

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 719-729

  Goda, Gopi Shah ^a,b   Golberstein, Ezra ^c   Grabowski, David C ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Income elasticity; Long term care; Social Security notch

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; INCOME; NUMERICAL MODEL; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL SECURITY;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSET AND HEALTH DYNAMICS AMONG THE OLDEST OLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING HOME; PENSIONER; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL SECURITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INCOME; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960925151     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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