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Choosing a nursing home : how useful are CMS star ratings?

Hyman, David A.; Chorniy, Anton; Sage, William M.; … - 2026 - Draft January 2026

Quality ratings are useful when they capture important and durable aspects of overall performance. They are less useful (and can be misleading) when they are excessively volatile, particularly if volatility is not the result of facility-specific performance. We study the volatility of the...

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Long term care in Italy : coping with frailty and dependence

Bellia, Asya; Bellini, Valeria; Brugiavini, Agar; Buia, … - 2026

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The pandemic's long shadow : persistent nursing home aversion across sociodemographic groups

Zohaib, Sadia; Achou, Bertrand; De Donder, Philippe; … - 2026

This paper examines whether the changes in long-term care (LTC) preferences, saving behavior, and policy attitudes observed during the COVID-19 pandemic have persisted in the post-pandemic period. Using new survey data collected in 2023 from a representative sample of working-age individuals in...

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Creative financing and public moral hazard : evidence from Medicaid and the nursing home industry

Hackmann, Martin B.; Rojas, Juan S.; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2026

Medicaid finances U.S. nursing home care through federal matching grants that reward verifiable volume, not quality. We show that states exploit this through creative financing, diverting funds earmarked for nursing homes. This turns the federal match into a pure volume subsidy and generates a...

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Creative Financing and Public Moral Hazard : Evidence from Medicaid and the Nursing Home Industry

Hackmann, Martin B.; Rojas, Juan S.; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2025

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The supply-side effect of immigration on prices : evidence from nursing homes

Haan, Peter; Schmieder, Julia; Wnuk-Soares, Izabela - 2026

We study how immigration affects prices through changes in labor supply. Using policy-driven increases in immigration to Germany and administrative data covering the universe of nursing homes, we find that one additional foreign-born woman per 100 residents reduces nursing-home care prices by...

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The effect of staffing on objective quality of nursing home care

Bergschneider, Henrik; Heger, Dörte - 2025

Growing needs for long-term care coupled with a dwindling supply of nursing personnel is a common challenge for developed countries. To uphold care standards, many countries introduced measures to safeguard staffing levels, e.g. by introducing minimum staffing regulations for nursing homes....

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Does immigration improve quality of care in nursing homes?

Furtado, Delia; Ortega, Francesc - 2026

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Does immigration improve quality of care in nursing homes?

Furtado, Delia; Ortega, Francesc - 2020

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Does Immigration Improve Quality of Care in Nursing Homes?

Furtado, Delia - 2020

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Capacity constraints and inefficient service delivery : theory and evidence from nursing facilities

Saruya, Hiroki; Takahashi, Masaki - 2025

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Robots and labor in nursing homes

Lee, Yong Suk; Iizuka, Toshiaki; Eggleston, Karen - 2025

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Robots and Labor in Nursing Homes

Lee, Yong Suk; Iizuka, Toshiaki; Eggleston, Karen - 2024

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Optimal Long-Term Care Provision and Insurance with Heterogeneous Preferences and Risks

Clavet, Nicholas-James; Michaud, Pierre-Carl; Navaux, Julien - 2026

We develop a model of optimal long-term care provision and insurance with heterogeneous risk and preferences. Using a novel survey experiment, we estimate preferences (demand) for care settings and service bundles. We then calibrate health transitions and the supply of services using Canadian...

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The rise of person-centered care : effects of single-room nursing home quotas on long-term care

Herr, Annika; Lückemann, Maximilian; Reichert, Arndt R. - 2025

This study examines the implications of the rising person-centered care model on the long-term care market, specifically focusing on the promotion of higher single-room occupancy in nursing homes. We exploit the staggered implementation of a state-level policy that requires nursing homes to meet...

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International comparison of long-term care insurance systems

2026

Long term Care Needs and Issues -- An Analysis of the Long term Care in Italy: Financial and Non-Financial Issues -- Long term Care in Poland. Long term Care Insurance in the US -- Exploring the Long Term Care Partnership Program in the United States: Challenges and Lessons from Connecticut --...

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The Economics of Long-term Care : The Contribution of Family, State and Market to Elder Care

Pestieau, Pierre - 2026

Introduction -- State of old age dependency and future prospects -- Increasing demand for LTC -- Disability free life expectancy -- Triple penalty -- The market the family and the State -- Models of LTC social insurance -- Elder abuse and end of life -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.

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Healthcare provider bankruptcies

Antill, Samuel; Bai, Jessica; Gandhi, Ashvin; Sabety, … - 2025

Healthcare firms are filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy at record rates. We find that bankruptcies increase healthcare staﬀ turnover, worsen care, and ultimately harm patients. Using a diﬀerence-in-diﬀerences design, we estimate that a bankruptcy filing immediately increases staﬀ turnover...

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Projections of national demand and bed capacity requirements for older people's care in Ireland, 2022-2040 : based on the Hippocrates model

Walsh, Brendan; Kakoulidou, Theano - 2025

Life expectancy rates have increased substantially in Ireland in recent years, driven mainly by reductions in mortality rates at older ages. Accordingly, Ireland has seen large increases in its older population, and along with this increasing demand for health and social care services,...

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Cognitive versus Physical Impairment and the Use and Cost of Long-Term Care in Japan

Fu, Rong; Liu, Sizhe; Iizuka, Toshiaki; Noguchi, Haruko - 2026

Japan has the world's oldest population and a universal Long-Term Care Insurance (LTCI) system, yet how care use and costs differ between cognitive and physical impairment remains underexamined. Using the nationally representative Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions (2016 and 2019 waves;...

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Supplier selection in institutions of residential care

Marjanović, Ivana; Tsironis, Loukas; Papathanasiou, Jason - 2025

The selection of suppliers in public procurement significantly impacts economic efficiency and social wellbeing, particularly within residential care institutions responsible for vulnerable populations. Despite the strategic importance of procurement decisions, limited research has addressed...

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Long Term Care and Cognitive Impairment in Spain

Costa-Font, Joan; Jiménez-Martín, Sergi; Oliva, Juan; … - 2026

The growing prevalence of cognitive impairment (CI) is one of the main drivers of age-related demand for health and long-term care (LTC). In Spain, CI is estimated to affect 18.5% of Spaniards over 65, and 45.3% in those aged 85 and above. This paper draws on a pooled pre-COVID data from a...

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Severe Cognitive Impairments and Long-term Care in Germany

Perdrix, Elsa; Börsch-Supan, Axel; Geyer, Johannes; … - 2026

Germany experiences an increase in LTC recipients, due to population ageing but also to reforms which made LTC benefits easier accessible for individuals with cognitive impairments. Previous studies documented the cost of long-term care, and how it evolved. However, less is known about the...

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Demographic change and the future of Austria's long-term care allowance : a dynamic microsimulation study

Famira-Mühlberger, Ulrike; Horvath, Thomas; Leoni, Thomas - 2025

Europe's demographic shift is putting increasing pressure on long-term care (LTC) systems and raising concerns about the sustainability of LTC financing. This paper analyses Austria's LTC system, particularly its universal long-term care allowance (LTCA), and uses a dynamic microsimulation model...

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Cognitive Limitations and Long-Term Care Use in the Netherlands : Evidence from the Lifelines Cohort Study

Bagnasco, Gaia; Bakx, Pieter; Coremans, Stijn; … - 2026

We analyze the association between cognitive impairments and long-term care use in the 65+ population in the Netherlands. For this, we use data from the Lifelines Cohort Study that are linked to administrative records available through Statistics Netherlands. We find that, among those with...

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Watching care behind closed doors : upward and downward accountability mechanisms in nursing home services

Pérez-Durán, Ixchel; Grimmelikhuijsen, Stephan - 2025

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Evaluating the relationship between income, survival and loss of autonomy among older Canadians

Connolly, Marie; Leroux, Marie-Louise; Konou, Akakpo Domefa - 2025

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Evaluating the relationship between income, survival and loss of autonomy among older Canadians

Connolly, Marie; Konou, Akakpo Domefa; Leroux, Marie-Louise - 2023

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Evaluating the relationship between income, survival and loss of autonomy among older Canadians

Connolly, Marie; Konou, Akakpo Domefa; Leroux, Marie-Louise - 2023

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Evaluating the relationship between income, survival and loss of autonomy among older Canadians

Connolly, Marie; Konou, Akakpo Domefa; Leroux, Marie-Louise - 2023

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Access to social care : East and Southeast Asia compared

2026

This book examines which factors promote or hinder older people's access to social care in different Asian development contexts. It introduces a new theoretical framework which is applied to high-income (Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea) and middle-income (People's Republic of China, Indonesia...

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Evolution of institutional long-term care costs based on health factors

Shemendyuk, Aleksandr; Wagner, Joël - 2025

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Strategic coding in the assessment of long-term care needs : evidence from France

Roy, Delphine - 2025

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Patient peer effects : evidence from nursing home room assignments

Cheng, Alden; Hackmann, Martin B. - 2025

We provide causal evidence that patient peer effects generate mortality impacts comparable to provider quality differences. Drawing on administrative records covering 2.6 million stays (2000 - 2010) across 7,200 U.S. nursing homes, we exploit plausibly exogenous roommate assignments identified...

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Patient Peer Effects : Evidence from Nursing Home Room Assignments

Cheng, Alden; Hackmann, Martin B. - 2025

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Concurrent experience and improvements in focal and supportive routines : inside U.S. nursing homes’ experiences with the COVID-19 pandemic

Desai, Vinit M. - 2025

Organizational learning theory has long recognized the advantages of sequential repetition, since successive events allow organizations multiple opportunities to iteratively refine their approaches. In many situations, though, events unfold so quickly that they can overlap, becoming more...

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Eigenbeteiligung in der vollstationären Pflege : eine Analyse regionaler Kostenunterschiede

Schüler, Ruth M.; Stockhausen, Maximilian; Böhmer, Hendrik - 2025 - Stand: November 2025

Der vorliegende Report basiert auf der Auswertung von Preisdaten von insgesamt 10.820 vollstationären Pflegeheimen in Deutschland, die auf der Plattform "pflegelotse.de" des Verbands der Ersatzkassen bereitgestellt werden und mit Hilfe von Web Scraping Anfang Oktober 2024 gesammelt wurden. Ziel...

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The role of refundable accommodation deposits in financing aged care capital expenditure : views from the sector

Gu, Megan; Cutler, Henry; Aghdaee, Mona; Gu, Yuanyuan; … - 2025

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Regional variation in the utilization of nursing home care in Germany

Herr, Annika; Lückemann, Maximilian; Saric-Babin, Amela - 2025

Approximately 32 percent of individuals aged over 64 years old, with care needs, are residing in nursing homes in Germany. However, this percentage exhibits significant regional disparities, ranging from under 15 percent in certain counties to over 50 percent in others. The purpose of this study...

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Family foster care or residential care : the impact of home environment on children raised in state care

Bárdits, Anna; Kertesi, Gábor - 2025

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Family foster care or residential care : the impact of home environment on children raised in state care

Bárdits, Anna; Kertesi, Gábor - 2024

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The impact of macroeconomic conditions on long-term care : evidence on prices

Geyer, Johannes; Haan, Peter; Teschner-Hofmann, Mia - 2025

The price of institutional long-term care is a key determinant of the demand for both formal and informal long-term care. In this paper, we examine how the regional unemployment rate as a proxy for macroeconomic conditions influences these prices. Our analysis draws on administrative data that...

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The impact of macroeconomic conditions on long-term care : evidence on prices

Geyer, Johannes; Haan, Peter; Teschner-Hofmann, Mia - 2024

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The impact of macroeconomic conditions on long-term care : evidence on prices

Geyer, Johannes; Haan, Peter; Teschner-Hofmann, Mia - 2024

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Ownership, asymmetric information, and quality of care for the elderly : evidence from US nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic

Alexeev, Michael V.; Dedyukhin, Ivan; Polischuk, Leonid - 2024

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Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement in der Altenhilfe : Theorie und Umsetzung für die ambulante und stationäre Langzeitpflege

Held, Michael; Warnecke, Francesca - 2025 - 1. Auflage

Das Thema Nachhaltigkeit gewinnt für die stationäre Langzeitpflege immer mehr an Bedeutung. Der Bedarf an adäquater pflegerischer Versorgung steigt bei zunehmend fehlendem Pflegepersonal. Gleichzeitig verschärfen sich die wirtschaftlichen und klimatischen Bedingungen. Extreme...

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Preference-based allocation of patients to nursing homes

Arntzen, R. J.; Bekker, Renée Marlies; Mei, R. D. van der - 2024

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COVID-19 mortality and the structural characteristics of long-term care facilities : evidence from Sweden

Broms, Rasmus; Dahlström, Carl; Najar, Jenna; … - 2024

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Complexity and competing interests : what factors bear on payment choices and financial decisions made for older people entering nursing homes?

Bilgrami, Anam; Cutler, Henry; Gu, Yuanyuan; Aghdaee, Mona - 2025

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Informal care at old age at home and in nursing homes : determinants and economic value

Roquebert, Quitterie; Tenand, Marianne - 2024

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Mergers and Quality Provision in Healthcare : Evidence from Nursing Homes

Chatterji, Pinka; Ho, Chun-Yu; Li, Wenqing - 2025

This paper tests whether mergers between nursing home chains and independent facilities affect quality of care using facility-level data from 1999-2019. Staggered difference-in-differences estimates suggest that acquired facilities experience a 5% reduction in health deficiency citations 2 years...

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Caring connections : immigrant caregivers and long-term elderly care in Italy

Capretti, Lisa; Kopinska, Joanna; Mariani, Rama Dasi; … - 2024

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Is Managed Care Effective in Long-term Care Settings? : Evidence from Medicare Institutional Special Needs Plans

Rahman, Momotazur; McGarry, Brian; White, Elizabeth; … - 2025

Nursing homes face unique financial incentives that encourage under-investment in onsite clinical capabilities and overreliance on hospitals to triage and care for residents with dementia, contributing to high levels of health care spending for this population. A proposed solution to align...

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A guide to public investments in the care economy : estimating care deficits, investment costs and economic returns : consolidated report

2024

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Home or institution : a comparative analysis of elderly care efficacy in China

Zhang, Chunfeng; Lei, Xiaoyan - 2025

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Length of stay in residential aged care : patterns and determinants from a population-based cohort study

Xu, Mengyi; Yan, Gaoyun - 2025

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Length of stay in residential aged care : patterns and determinants from a population-based cohort study

Xu, Mengyi; Yan, Gaoyun - 2024

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The design of insurance contracts for home versus nursing home Long-Term Care

Borsenberger, Claire; Cremer, Helmuth; Joram, Denis; … - 2024

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The design of insurance contracts for home versus nursing home long-term care

Borsenberger, Claire; Cremer, Helmuth; Joram, Denis; … - 2024

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The design of insurance contracts for home versus nursing home long-term care

Borsenberger, Claire; Cremer, Helmuth; Joram, Denis; … - 2024

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The design of insurance contracts for home versus nursing home Long-Term Care

Borsenberger, Claire; Cremer, Helmuth; Joram, Denis; … - 2024

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Incentivizing innovative entrepreneurship in quasi-markets : theory and evidence from Sweden's schools and nursing homes

Elert, Niklas; Henrekson, Magnus - 2024

Many countries have implemented quasi-markets to enhance entrepreneurship and innovation in welfare service provision. However, the benefits have generally been limited; this can also be observed in Sweden, a country which stands out for its extensive use of quasi-markets. Based on the Swedish...

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Government Monitoring of Health Care Quality : Evidence from the Nursing Home Sector

Chen, Yiqun; Dillender, Marcus - 2025

In contracting out, monitoring is an important policy tool to extract information on firm quality and incentivize quality provision. This paper examines a central quality inspection of nursing homes, a sector with significant welfare implications but widespread public concerns about its quality...

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Enhancing care for older adults in Canada and down under : what Canadian and Australian long-term care systems can learn from each other

Grosse, Anna; Kokorelias, Kristina; Brierley, Alyssa; … - 2024

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Private Equity, Consumers, and Competition : Evidence from the Nursing Home Industry

Gandhi, Ashvin; Song, YoungJun; Upadrashta, Prabhava - 2025

This paper studies how product market competition shapes the impact of private equity (PE) acquisitions on consumers. We examine nursing home buyouts and observe that PE-owned facilities exhibit greater competitive sensitivity: competing more aggressively when competitive incentives are strong...

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Private Equity, Consumers, and Competition : Evidence from the Nursing Home Industry

Gandhi, Ashvin - 2020

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