Trends in the Use of Home LTC Services in Large, Medium and Small Municipalities in Italy
Lessons for the Post-Covid-19 Reappraisal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15512485 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carlo Lallo (0000-0003-3855-5127, University of Molise, corresponding author), Marta Pasqualini (0000-0002-8379-375X, Sapienza University of Rome), Cecilia Tomassini (0000-0002-2819-7779, University of Molise) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 19 |
| Pages | 12796-12796 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph191912796 |
| PMID | 36232094 |
| OpenAlex | W4303696333 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 26 |
Italian Long-Term Care is considered largely inadequate, and the recent COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically exposed its limitations. Public Home Care Services in particular were revealed as under-financed and unable to cover the potential demand for care from the older population. But does the type of municipality and its geographic location play a role in creating or mitigating unmet demand? This is the first study addressing this research question in Italy. Our hypothesis is that older people's care preferences and care possibilities may vary between small, medium and metropolitan areas, as will the organisation, funding and availability of services, and the combination will influence (unmet) demand for public home care services. In this paper, using nationally representative survey data collected by the Italian National Statistical Institute in 2003 and 2016, we investigate changes and differences in the use of public and private home care services among people aged 75 or older in Italy by size of the municipality. Our results reveal inequalities in service use between Northern and Southern areas of the country and in particular between metropolitan areas, medium and small municipalities. Such differences reinforce post-pandemic calls for new investment and changes in the design of the Italian Long-Term Care system
Business · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Geography · Health care · Investment (military · Long-term care · Metropolitan area · Pandemic · Political science · Population · Public health · Service (business · Survey data collection · Type of service · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Nursing · Marketing
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |