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...

This research compares the behavior of non-profit organizations and private for-profit firms under strong incentives from a government program. Specifically, I study the hospice industry, where there are financial incentives created by the Medicare benefit. After controlling for a number of...