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Impact of home and leisure accident rates on disability and costs of long term care in Spain

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Home and leisure accidents are one of the main causes of mortality due to other causes than aging,  and  have  a  high  impact  on  health  systems.  However,  to  date,  the  number  of  studies associated with measuring their socioeconomic impact is very limited, unlike those associated with  other  causes  such  as  traffic  accidents  or  work  accidents.  Our  objective  is  to  analyze  the long-term care needs associated with home and leisure accidents (HLA) in Spain. We conclude that  the  care  needs  derived  from  these  causes  increase  with  age  of  people,  with  a  high incidence  in  all  those  situations  in  which  people see  their  mobility  limited.  The  high  socio-economic  costs  that  result  (approximately  781  million  euros  in  2016  in  Spain  for  expenses  in long-term  care,  0.07%  of  the  Gross  Domestic  Product)  highlight  the  need to implement preventive policies. Taking into account the budgetary constraints that the public systems can have  to  address  all  costs,  the  development  of  insurance  products  that help  to cover  these specific situations could be justified

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UB Riskcenter Working Paper Series,  2018/03

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cc-by-nc-nd, (c) Alemany Leira et al., 2018

# metadata.dc.title[].value
Impact of home and leisure accident rates on disability and costs of long term care in Spain