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Care-related out-of-pocket costs : Care-related out-of-pocket expenses

19 Aug 2013

Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to: • Estimate the proportion of family/friend caregivers who have incurred out-of- pocket expenses by providing care and to examine differences by characteristics of the caregiver and the care receiver; • Estimate the average annual amount of out-of-pocket expenses due to care provision; • Determine the factors that are associated [...] Estimate the proportion of family/friend caregivers who have incurred out-of-pocket expenses when providing care and to examine differences by characteristics of the caregiver and the care receiver; Care-Related Out-of-Pocket Expenses Page 9 Figure 1. Taxonomy of the economic costs of care to family/friend caregivers Source:. [...] Transportation and travel includes both the costs of travel with the care receiver and travel by the caregiver to provide care to the care receiver (e.g., parking, gas, taxis, airfare, meals and accommodation). [...] The type of health problem(s) if the care receiver has an impact on the costs of care to the caregiver. [...] Although the GSS data are not nearly as rich as the HCIC data in terms of information on out-of-pocket costs, they are of high quality and allow us to estimate the prevalence of out-of-pocket expenses and obtain information on the correlates of this spending at the population level.
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Authors

Duncan, Karen A, Fast, Janet, Shooshtari, Shahin, Roger, Kerstin

Pages
93
Published in
Ottawa, Ontario

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