Impact of Community-based Elderly Care Services on the Physical Health of the Elderly
Physical health is critical for the elderly to enjoy a happy life.Based on data from CHARLS in 2018,the article uses logit regression models to explore the impact of community-based elderly care services on their physical health among those aged 60-100 years old,and then utilizes PSM to supplement the endogeneity problem of the baseline regression,fol-lowed by a heterogeneity analysis of the impact effects.Findings are as follows.Firstly,the services significantly improve the self-assessed health and instrumental self-care ability of the elderly.Secondly,the services are effective in the alle-viation and control of chronic diseases for the sample.Thirdly,the heterogeneity test suggests that the health improvement effect of the services is more significant for the elderly aged 60-75 years old,with a lower level of education,and in rural areas.This paper argues that universal home or community-based elderly care services should be continuously promoted to make up for regional and inter-group differences,while vigorously promoting the medical-care integrated elderly care services to enhance the overall health of the elderly.
elderly healthcommunity-based elderly care serviceschronic diseasePSM
万方数据
维普
