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Economic Determinants Of Quality Of Care In Nursing Homes, Wei Lu
Economic Determinants Of Quality Of Care In Nursing Homes, Wei Lu
Wayne State University Dissertations
ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF QUALITY OF CARE IN NURSING HOMES
This dissertation examines the factors that will affect nursing home quality of care using several national data sources on market regulation, county demographic characteristics, market structural and the characteristics of different types of long-term care providers in 2010.
The first study examines how nine different measures of nursing home care quality respond to the greater levels of local market competition from these alternative providers of long-term care, as well as other nursing homes. Findings reveal that faced with greater competition from assisted living facilities, nursing homes are left to care for …