Socioeconomic inequality in long-term care:Explanations and consequences in different policy contexts in the Netherlands

In Western societies, the rapid population ageing has led to a drastically increasing demand for long-term care (LTC). In the Netherlands, LTC is not used equally by those with a lower socioeconomic status (SES) and certain socieconomic groups might be disadvantaged. Therefore, the first aim of the present dissertation was to investigate how SES-differences in LTC use have changed over the past decades in the Netherlands, and how these changes can be explained by both individual factors and characteristics of the LTC system. In addition, potential inequalities in LTC use raise the question to... Mehr ...