-experimental evidence from the main expansion of long term care increase subsidisation in Spain in 2007 to examine the causal effect of the … expansion of LTC subsidisation and coordination on hospitalisations (both on the internal and external margin) and the hospital … estimate savings related to hospitalisations of up to 11% of total hospital costs. Consistently, subsidy reduction is found to …

(unnecessary) health care utilisation. This paper draws upon the quasi-experimental evidence from Spain to examine the causal … hospital admissions (both on the internal and external margin) and its duration or length of stay (LOS). We find robust … intense, among beneficiaries of publicly funded home care (amounting to 11% of total hospital costs), and among regions …