Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics
HERO Online Working Paper Series,
University of Oslo, Health Economics Research Programme
No 2011:6: Some notes on how to catch a red herring - Ageing, time-to-death and care costs for older people in Sweden
Martin Karlsson () and Florian Klohn ()
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Martin Karlsson: Department of Law and Economics, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Postal: Marktplatz 15, 64283 Darmstadt, Germany
Florian Klohn: Department of Law and Economics, Technische Universität Darmstadt
Abstract: In this paper we test the 'red herring' hypothesis for expenditures on long-term care. The main contribution of this paper is that we assess the 'red herring' hypothesis using an aggregated measure that allows us to control for entering the final period of life on the individual level. In addition we implement a model that allows for age specific time-to-death (TTD) effects on Long Term Care. We also account for the problem that mortality, and therefore TTD, are themselves influenced by care expenditure. For our analysis we use administrative data from the Swedish statistical office.
In contrast to many previous empirical studies, we are able to use the entire population for estimation instead of a sample. Our identification strategy is based on fixed effects estimation and the instrumental variable approach to achieve exogenous variation in TTD. Our results indicate that although time-to-death is a relevant indicator for long term care, age itself seems to be much more important for the projection of long-term care expenditure.
Keywords: ageing; mortality; long term care expenditures
26 pages, November 8, 2011
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