{"id":21105,"date":"2024-12-31T10:35:08","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T15:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ices.on.ca\/?post_type=journal_article&#038;p=21105"},"modified":"2025-01-30T10:53:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T15:53:04","slug":"informal-caregiving-health-system-cost-implications","status":"publish","type":"journal_article","link":"https:\/\/www.ices.on.ca\/fr\/publications\/journal-articles\/informal-caregiving-health-system-cost-implications\/","title":{"rendered":"Informal caregiving: health system cost implications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Background<\/strong> \u2014 Informal caregiving is seen as a low-cost substitute for care provided by health care professionals. However, caregiving is known to negatively impact caregivers\u2019 health and, subsequently, their health care use and costs. This could potentially offset the caregivers\u2019 contributions to the health care system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Objective<\/strong> \u2014 We examined the impact of caregiving on costs associated with caregivers\u2019 use of publicly funded health care services in Ontario, Canada, in comparison with non-caregivers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Methods <\/strong>\u2014 We included Ontarians who participated in the Canadian Community Health Survey-Healthy Aging Supplement Survey of 2008\/09 and linked responses to health care administrative databases. A difference-in-differences design was used to capture differences in caregivers\u2019 and non-caregivers\u2019 total health care costs 1 and 2\u2009years before and after caregiving start date. Generalized Linear Models were used to model the total health care costs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Results<\/strong> \u2014 The sample size was 4275 with 1265 caregivers and 3010 non-caregivers. We found that while health care utilization increased over time, it increased by a lesser amount for caregivers than non-caregivers. Adjusted total health care costs for caregivers were 11.32% (SE\u2009=\u20090.05, \u03c1\u2009=\u20090.02) lower than non-caregivers 2\u2009years into caregiving.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusions<\/strong> \u2014 Our study reveals a critical gap in policy, practice, and research driven by a lack of routine data collection and caregiver identification. It also highlights the need for additional longitudinal research focusing on caregivers\u2019 objective health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Background \u2014 Informal caregiving is seen as a low-cost substitute for care provided by health care professionals. However, caregiving is known to negatively impact caregivers\u2019 health and, subsequently, their health care use and costs. This could potentially offset the caregivers\u2019 contributions to the health care system. 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