Long-Term Care and Aging HAS 4320
Aging Society Americans are living longer Chronic disease is taking a bigger toll Growing number of older adults Disability
Long-Term Care Acute hospital Rehab hospital Nursing home CCRC Skilled home care Personal home care Family/community
Paying for LTC Medicaid/Medicare Case-mix Reimbursement –ADLs –RUGs Long-term care Insurance
Long-Term Care Insurance Location Type Options of benefit Waiting periods Mental illness/Alzheimer’s
LTC insurance: not popular Incidence is less random Must be purchased earlier Medicaid is there Helps heirs more than patients
CCRCs Assisted care (apartments) and nursing home Big up-front fees Advantages Problems
Aging Population
Aging Population: Labor Supply Workers to retirees declines Output per capita and living standards will be lower
Health Care Expenditures
Health Care Expenditures (1996) Elderly in institutions = $38,906 Elderly in the community = $6,360 1% of Medicare beneficiaries incurred 13% of health care expenditures. Top 5% of enrollees with highest expenditures = 37% of total.
Components of Expenditures
Components (1996) 30% = hospital care 10% = skilled nursing care 46% = nursing home for 85 and older 7% = nursing home for 65 to 69 Lower income = higher cost No insurance = lower total drug expenditures, but higher costs on drugs
Out-of-Pocket Expenditures
Out-of-Pocket Expenses (1998) 9 to 16% of total Dollar expenditure increases with income Relative burden is much higher on lower income Share spent by all income groups has increased
Access to Health Care
Difficulties are down Delays due to costs are down Delays highest among non-Hispanic Blacks (10%) then Hispanic persons (7%) and non- Hispanic Whites (5%).
Use of Health Care
Use (1998) Physician visits have increased Home health visits have increased Hospitalizations has slightly increased Skilled nursing has increased Visits increased markedly with age
Nursing Home Utilization
Nursing Home Use
Nursing Home Use (1997) About half of residents are 85 or older Use has declined (assisted living centers) Women more than men Functional limitations have increased Rates of functional limitations higher among year olds.
Home Care
Home Care (1994) Rates of home care declined Assisted care centers and other alternatives Percent receiving informal care declined Increase among most severe diabilities