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Sessione 2 - Care inequality: how policy transitions, social care markets and informal care may increase disparity in the access to and quality of care

Coordinatori / Coordinatrici di sessione: Emma Garavaglia (Politecnico di Milano), Costanzo Ranci (Politecnico di Milano), Tine Rostgaard (Roskilde University, Denmark)

Abstract:
Care inequality has recently become an important issue in care policy as a consequence of a wide range of factors: weakening of informal care arrangements, difficulty to expand the public provision of care services due to financial constraints and austerity measures, and marketization and privatization of care services. In this context, an increase in care needs related to the ageing of the population or higher demand for care services for children and adults, together with the request for higher standards in the quality of services, may have risen socio-economic as well as ethnic, gender or age disparities in the level of care provision and the quality of care provided.  


Research on care inequality is on the rise, both at comparative and national levels. Only recently, efforts have been made to focus on social groups that have lower access to care, or on “care poverty” and its distribution among different countries or social groups. These developments have found that socio-economic determinants have mixed effects on care inequality. While there is some evidence that low income, ethnic disparities, and regional differences increase the risk of care poverty, the interaction between these aspects and care policy has not been fully explored.  

 

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