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Nursing home prices and quality of care — Evidence from administrative data
Author(s) -
Reichert Arndt R.,
Stroka Magdalena A.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
health economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.55
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1099-1050
pISSN - 1057-9230
DOI - 10.1002/hec.3518
Subject(s) - nursing homes , nursing , quality (philosophy) , health care , business , health insurance , medicine , actuarial science , economics , economic growth , philosophy , epistemology
Abstract There is widespread concern about the quality of care in nursing homes. On the basis of administrative data of a large health insurance fund, we investigate whether nursing home prices are associated with relevant quality of care indicators at the resident level. Our results indicate negative associations between price and both inappropriate and psychotropic medication. In contrast, we do not find any relationship between the price and impairments of physical health.