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Catastrophic risk associated with out-of-pocket payments for long term care in Spain

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  • del Pozo-Rubio, Raúl
  • Jiménez-Rubio, Dolores

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This study analyses the financial burden associated with the introduction of copayment for long-term care (LTC) in Spain in 2012 for dependent individuals.

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  • del Pozo-Rubio, Raúl & Jiménez-Rubio, Dolores, 2019. "Catastrophic risk associated with out-of-pocket payments for long term care in Spain," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 123(6), pages 582-589.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:hepoli:v:123:y:2019:i:6:p:582-589
    DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2019.03.016
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    1. Fernando Bermejo & Raúl del Pozo & Pablo Moya, 2021. "Main Factors Determining the Economic Production Sustained by Public Long-Term Care Spending in Spain," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(17), pages 1-18, August.
    2. Rosalind Bell-Aldeghi & Nicolas Sirven & Morgane Guern & Christine Sevilla-Dedieu, 2022. "One last effort. Are high out-of-pocket payments at the end of life a fatality?," The European Journal of Health Economics, Springer;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ), vol. 23(5), pages 879-891, July.
    3. Raúl Del Pozo-Rubio & Fernando Bermejo-Patón & Pablo Moya-Martínez, 2022. "Impact of implementation of the Dependency Act on the Spanish economy: an analysis after the 2008 financial crisis," International Journal of Health Economics and Management, Springer, vol. 22(1), pages 111-128, March.
    4. Samuel López-López & Raúl del Pozo-Rubio & Marta Ortega-Ortega & Francisco Escribano-Sotos, 2021. "Catastrophic Household Expenditure Associated with Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Payments in Spain," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(3), pages 1-18, January.
    5. Maria-Carmen García-Centeno & Román Mínguez-Salido & Raúl del Pozo-Rubio, 2021. "The Classification of Profiles of Financial Catastrophe Caused by Out-of-Pocket Payments: A Methodological Approach," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 9(11), pages 1-20, May.
    6. Samuel López-López & Raúl Pozo-Rubio & Marta Ortega-Ortega & Francisco Escribano-Sotos, 2022. "Catastrophic household expenditure associated with out-of-pocket payments for dental healthcare in Spain," The European Journal of Health Economics, Springer;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ), vol. 23(7), pages 1187-1201, September.

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    Keywords

    Catastrophic long-term care expenditure; Long term care; Long-term care financing;
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    JEL classification:

    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
    • J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-Labor Market Discrimination

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