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The eldercare landscape: Evidence from California
Author(s) -
McMillen Daniel P.,
Powers Elizabeth T.
Publication year - 2017
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.3567
Subject(s) - census tract , nursing homes , long term care , economies of agglomeration , census , distribution (mathematics) , nursing , business , geography , medicine , gerontology , economic growth , economics , environmental health , mathematical analysis , population , mathematics
Although the literature suggests that nursing home location is instrumental to the efficient functioning of the long‐term care industry, there has been little research directly focused on the spatial distribution of nursing homes. We discuss factors that may influence nursing home location choice, emphasizing agglomeration economies around hospitals. We estimate econometric models of location using information on all freestanding, MediCal‐licensed long‐term care facilities in the state of California. We find that nursing homes are more likely to locate in the same Census tract as a hospital and are more likely to locate in tracts nearer to those containing a hospital.