Does Quality Influence Consumer Choice of Nursing Homes? Evidence from Nursing Home to Nursing Home Transfers

We estimated Cox proportional hazards models using assessment data from the Minimum Data Set to test whether nursing home residents and their proxies respond to quality of care by changing providers. Various indicators of poor quality increased the likelihood of transfer. Residents of for-profit hom...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Richard A. Hirth, Jane C. Banaszak-Holl, Brant E. Fries, Marc N. Turenne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2003-11-01
Series:Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5034/inquiryjrnl_40.4.343