The eldercare landscape: Evidence from California.
Health Econ
; 26 Suppl 2: 139-157, 2017 09.
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| ID: mdl-28940921
ABSTRACT
Although the literature suggests that nursing home location is instrumental to the efficient functioning of the long-term care industry, there has been little research directly focused on the spatial distribution of nursing homes. We discuss factors that may influence nursing home location choice, emphasizing agglomeration economies around hospitals. We estimate econometric models of location using information on all freestanding, MediCal-licensed long-term care facilities in the state of California. We find that nursing homes are more likely to locate in the same Census tract as a hospital and are more likely to locate in tracts nearer to those containing a hospital.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Instituição de Longa Permanência para Idosos
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Casas de Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
País como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2017
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Article