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Moral hazard in nursing home use.

David C Grabowski¹, Jonathan Gruber

¹Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115-5899, USA. grabowski@med.harvard.edu

Journal of Health Economics

|November 11, 2006

Summary

Government policies on nursing home care, including Medicaid, do not significantly impact utilization. This suggests that changes in public program generosity have minimal effects on nursing home demand and overall long-term care costs.

Area of Science:

Health Economics
Public Policy
Gerontology

Background:

Nursing home expenditures represent a growing portion of national healthcare spending, with government as the primary payer.
Current public insurance policies for nursing home care face challenges including stringent eligibility, potential impacts on treatment quality, and access limitations.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate the impact of government policies, specifically Medicaid rules, on nursing home utilization.
To address the knowledge gap regarding the relationship between public program generosity and nursing home demand.

Main Methods:

Utilized multiple waves of the National Long-Term Care Survey.
Matched survey data with state-specific changes in Medicaid rules for nursing home care.
Employed econometric analysis to assess policy effects on utilization patterns.

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Main Results:

Found consistent evidence indicating no significant effect of Medicaid policies on nursing home utilization.
Demonstrated that demand for nursing home care is relatively inelastic concerning public program generosity.

Conclusions:

Changes in overall Medicaid generosity are unlikely to substantially alter nursing home utilization rates.
Policy interventions aimed at increasing generosity may not yield significant increases in nursing home use, impacting social cost estimations.