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Abstract:
The primary objective of this paper is to examine the cost structure of the Dutch nursing home industry, using econometric techniques. In this paper we present a model that combines economic behaviour and quality of services measured by a latent variable. We propose a simple method for identifying and estimating cost functions in the presence of endogenous, unobserved quality. Estimating this quality-adjusted cost function and the corresponding cost share equations indicates that quality is negatively related to the input prices of nurses and other personnel, indicating that nursing homes have a preference for labour. We also show that the quality-adjusted model is superior to a model with exogenous quality.
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