DO ELDERLY MEDICAID PATIENTS EXPERIENCE REDUCED ACCESS TO NURSING-HOME CARE

被引：18

作者：

ETTNER, SL

机构：

[1] Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

来源：

JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS | 1993年 / 12卷 / 03期

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D O I：

10.1016/0167-6296(93)90011-3

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

This paper uses data from the National Long-Term Care Survey and the Area Resources File to analyze the problem of diminished access to nursing home care for elderly Medicaid patients. Using a proxy for the length of time on a waiting list before nursing home entry as my measure of access, I find evidence suggesting that nursing home operators in some areas preferentially admit private patients. Waitlisting of Medicaid patients appears to be a problem mainly in counties in which a high proportion of potential nursing home patients are private and counties in which bed supply is low.

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页数：22