Venue: The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, 1 Towerview Drive, Durham, NC 27708-0120
Venue: The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, 1 Towerview Drive, Durham, NC 27708-0120
Despite the growth in assisted living facilities in the U.S., nursing home expenditures continue to grow, reaching nearly $122 billion in 2005. Given that nearly half of all nursing home revenues come from government sources, the industry has long been the focus of government scrutiny. Despite government involvement, quality problems in nursing homes persist. This session considers three distinct aspects of quality in U.S. nursing homes: 1) the effect of Medicaid payment generosity and bed-hold policies on the re-hospitalization of Medicare residents, 2) the impact of publicly reported quality information on unreported quality of care, and 3) whether the predictors of traditional measures of nursing home quality also predict complaints about nursing homes to the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program.
| Title | Presenter | Discussant |
|---|---|---|
| The Impact of Public Reporting on Unreported Quality of Care |
Tamara Konetzka (University of Chicago ) | Edward C. Norton (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) |
| Complaints against Nursing Homes from the LTC Ombudsman Program |
Jennifer L. Troyer (University of North Carolina, Charlotte) | Walter P. Wodchis (University of Toronto) |
| Commonality in Nursing Home Quality: Medicaid Payment and Re-hospitalization of Post-Acute Medicare Residents |
David C. Grabowski (Harvard University) | Jeongyoung Park (University of Pennsylvania) |