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Nonprofit vs. for-profit : allocation of beds and access to care in U.S. nursing homes

Jiang, Yangzi; Lu, Lauren Xiaoyuan; Van Mieghem, Jan A. - 2020

Motivated by bed allocation patterns of U.S. nursing homes, we formulate a queueing network model to study nonprofit and for-profit nursing homes' bed allocation decisions and the resulting access to care for the public. Nursing homes have a fixed number of beds that can be allocated among three...

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Nursing home shortage and hospital bed-blocking

Bergmann, Lea; Heger, Dörte; Wuckel, Christiane - 2024

A hospital stay dramatically increases the risk that an elderly person will require long-term care. Due to increasing … staff shortages in German nursing homes, patients who require nursing home care directly after a hospital stay often … struggle to find a nursing home bed. This paper studies how hospital length of stay differs between care dependent individuals …

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Capacity constraints and inefficient service delivery : theory and evidence from nursing facilities

Saruya, Hiroki; Takahashi, Masaki - 2025

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The impact of nurse turnover on quality of care and mortality in nursing homes : eevidence from the Great Recession

Akosa Antwi, Yaa; Bowblis, John R. - 2016

We estimate the causal effect of nurse turnover on mortality and the quality of nursing home care with a fixed effect instrumental variable estimation that uses the unemployment rate as an instrument for nursing turnover. We find that ignoring endogeneity leads to a systematic underestimation of...

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Paying for the view? : how nursing home prices affect quality of care

Heger, Dörte; Herr, Annika; Mensen, Anne - 2018

) bzw. um vier bis zehn Prozent bezogen auf ein durchschnittlich großes Pflegeheim (50 Betten). Die Begrenzung der …

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Strategies and implications of mitigating personnel shortages in nursing homes

Heger, Dörte; Herr, Annika; Lückemann, Maximilian; … - 2023

Amidst demographic shifts, advanced economies are facing critical nursing shortages. This study analyzes strategies of German nursing care providers to address these shortages using administrative data for the period 2007 to 2017. Our analysis reveals that higher nursing shortages correlate with...

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The rise of person-centered care : effects of single-room nursing home quotas on long-term care

Herr, Annika; Lückemann, Maximilian; Reichert, Arndt R. - 2025

This study examines the implications of the rising person-centered care model on the long-term care market, specifically focusing on the promotion of higher single-room occupancy in nursing homes. We exploit the staggered implementation of a state-level policy that requires nursing homes to meet...

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The effect of staffing on objective quality of nursing home care

Bergschneider, Henrik; Heger, Dörte - 2025

Growing needs for long-term care coupled with a dwindling supply of nursing personnel is a common challenge for developed countries. To uphold care standards, many countries introduced measures to safeguard staffing levels, e.g. by introducing minimum staffing regulations for nursing homes....

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Impacts of unionization on employment, product quality and productivity : regression discontinuity evidence from nursing homes

Sojourner, Aaron J.; Town, Robert J.; Grabowski, David C.; … - 2012

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Nursing home prices and quality of care : evidence from administrative data

Reichert, Arndt R.; Stroka, Magdalena A. - 2014

There is widespread concern about the quality of care in nursing homes. Based on administrative data of a large health insurance fund, we investigate whether nursing home prices affect relevant quality of care indicators at the resident level. Our results indicate a significantly negative price...

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