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Horizontal and vertical target efficiency – a comparison between users and non-users of public long-term care in Sweden

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 December 2012

MÅRTEN LAGERGREN ,
BRITT-MARIE SJÖLUND ,
CECILIA FAGERSTRÖM ,
JOHAN BERGLUND ,
LAURA FRATIGLIONI ,
EVA NORDELL ,
ANDERS WIMO  and
SÖLVE ELMSTÅHL
MÅRTEN LAGERGREN*
Affiliation:
Stockholm Gerontology Research Center, Stockholm, Sweden.
BRITT-MARIE SJÖLUND
Affiliation:
Aging Research Center, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
CECILIA FAGERSTRÖM
Affiliation:
School of Health Science, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona, Sweden.
JOHAN BERGLUND
Affiliation:
School of Health Science, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona, Sweden.
LAURA FRATIGLIONI
Affiliation:
Stockholm Gerontology Research Center, Stockholm, Sweden. Aging Research Center, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
EVA NORDELL
Affiliation:
Department of Health Sciences, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden.
ANDERS WIMO
Affiliation:
Aging Research Center, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
SÖLVE ELMSTÅHL
Affiliation:
Department of Health Sciences, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden.
*
Address for correspondence: Mårten Lagergren, Gjorwellsgatan 15, 112 60 Stockholm, Sweden. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

The extent to which a system of services is in tune with the needs of the population can be expressed in terms of target efficiency, which includes horizontal target efficiency – the extent to which those deemed to need a service receive it – and vertical target efficiency – the corresponding extent to which those who receive a service actually need it. Vertical efficiency can be measured by looking only at those receiving services. To measure horizontal target efficiency in a population, one must have access to population surveys. Data were taken from the baseline survey of the Swedish National Study on Ageing and Care (SNAC study). The results show that more than 80 per cent of those dependent in personal activities of daily living in the studied geographic areas were users of public long-term care (LTC). Dependency in instrumental activities of daily living was identified as the most important predictor of using LTC. Vertical target efficiency was 83–95 per cent depending on age, gender and type of household, if need was defined as dependency in instrumental activities of daily living. It was considerably lower, 35–61 per cent when defined as dependency in personal daily activities. Overall, long-term target efficiency in Sweden must be regarded as high. Few persons who need public LTC services fail to receive them.

Keywords

target efficiencylong-term careolder peoplepopulation surveypublic
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Ageing & Society , Volume 34 , Issue 4 , April 2014 , pp. 700 - 719
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012 

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