The Nursing Home Market: Supply and Demand for the Elderly / Edition 1

by Jeffrey A. Rhoades

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815332015
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/01/1998
Series:	Garland Studies on the Elderly in America
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter I. Introduction Chapter II. Review of Literature Chapter III. Methodology Chapter IV. Results Chapter V. Discussion

Editorial Reviews

"The authorrgues that only by understanding the determinants of supply and demand for nursing home care can one expect to have any hope of understanding the potential impact of proposed nursing home care policy on utilization by the elderly." — Abstracts of Public Administration, Development, and Environment

From the Publisher

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.

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