Missing the mark: the effects of abolishing co-payments for social assistance in the Netherlands

GOLTC Quasi-Experimental Methods Interest Group webinar

Date: November 19th, 2024

Time: 1 to 2 pm GMT

Link: Register to join on Zoom

Local public provision of social assistance to older individuals can improve well-being and prevent the use of expensive care but needs to be targeted well. This study evaluates a Dutch policy reform that restricted the ability of municipalities to target social assistance using a difference-in-difference approach.

The webinar will cover:

• Introduction to the Global Observatory of Long-Term care and the Quasi-Experimental Methods and welcome (Adelina Comas-Herrera, Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, LSE, UK).

• Presentation: Missing the mark: the effects of abolishing co-payments for social assistance in the Netherlands by Bram Wouterse, Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

• Q&A led by Bo Hu, Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, LSE, UK.