The Nursing Home Market: Supply And Demand For The Elderly (garland Studies On The Elderly In America)

First published in 1998. While previous studies have explored factors affecting the utilization of nursing home care by the elderly, few have used a nationally representative sample, and fewer still have investigated how price as well as supply affects utilization. The major purpose of this study is to model the effects of supply and demand for nursing home care on the utilization of such care by the elderly. A price elasticity of demand for nursing home care is estimated and factors affecting the supply and demand for nursing home care, and ultimately its utilization, are elucidated.

this Work Examines The Components Of The Nursing Home Market And Considers Their Implications For Proposed Long Term Care Policy. Discussing The Relationship Between Nursing Home Care Financing Policy And Current Use And Expenditures, The Author Argues For An Understanding Of The Role Played By The Determinants Of Nursing Home Supply And Demand.

while Many Recent Studies Have Explored Factors Affecting The Use Of Nursing Home Care By The Elderly, Few Have Used A Nationally Representative Sample, And Fewer Still Have Investigated How Out-of-pocket Price As Well As Supply Affects Use. This Study Models Nursing Home Care Use By Elucidating The Determinants Of The Demand For And The Supply Of Nursing Home Care Using A Nationally Representative Sample.

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analyzes Data From The 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey, Which Represent A National Probability Sample Of Those At Risk For Entering A Nursing Home; Previous Studies Have Been Limited To Data From Specific Populations. Explicating The Relationship Between Financing Policy For Nursing Home Care And The Current Use And Expenditures, Advocates Considering The Role Played By The Determinants Of Nursing Home Supply And Demand. Annotation C. By Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.