Marital status and hospital use in older adults

IF 1.2 4区 经济学 Q3 ECONOMICS
Chunzhou Mu, Jane Hall
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Abstract

The proportion of single person households is increasing with population ageing. At older ages living in a single person household is more likely to be due to bereavement or separation than at younger ages. We examine the association between marital status and the likelihood and the length of hospitalisations, with particular emphasis on whether and how this association varies by different types of hospitalisations with a distinct nature of care. Using a large survey linked to multiple years of detailed administrative records enables us to better control for individual heterogeneity and allows us to conduct a finer classification of hospitalisations. A two-part model is used for estimation. We also investigate the relationship between marital status and the presentations to emergency department. The results show singles have an increased probability of hospitalisation and length of stay, with a substantial heterogeneity revealed in the association between marital status and different types of hospitalisations. The findings are consistent with the lesser availability of informal care for those being single and point to the need to develop appropriate and targeted strategies to reduce hospitalisation in this group.

老年人的婚姻状况和住院情况
随着人口老龄化,单身家庭的比例不断上升。与年轻人相比,老年人住在单人家庭中更有可能是由于丧亲或分居。我们研究了婚姻状况与住院可能性和住院时间之间的关系,特别强调了这种关系是否以及如何因不同类型的住院治疗和不同的护理性质而变化。使用与多年详细行政记录相关联的大型调查使我们能够更好地控制个体异质性,并使我们能够对住院进行更精细的分类。采用两部分模型进行估计。我们也调查了婚姻状况与急诊科就诊的关系。结果显示,单身人士住院的可能性和住院时间都有所增加,婚姻状况与不同类型住院之间的关系存在很大的异质性。研究结果与单身人士较少获得非正式护理的情况一致,并指出需要制定适当和有针对性的战略,以减少这一群体的住院治疗。
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3.20
自引率
5.30%
发文量
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期刊介绍: Australian Economic Papers publishes innovative and thought provoking contributions that extend the frontiers of the subject, written by leading international economists in theoretical, empirical and policy economics. Australian Economic Papers is a forum for debate between theorists, econometricians and policy analysts and covers an exceptionally wide range of topics on all the major fields of economics as well as: theoretical and empirical industrial organisation, theoretical and empirical labour economics and, macro and micro policy analysis.
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