较高的护理人员工资与养老院的运营利较低有关:一个仪器变量分析
Akbar Ghiasi1, Rohit Pradhan2, Gregory Orewa3
1University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX, USA.
概括
较高的护理人员工资降低了养老院的运营利. 增加注册护士,执照实践护士和认证护理助理的工资会对财务业绩产生负面影响,这凸显了政策干预的必要性.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健经济学 医疗保健经济学
- 养老院管理局的管理.
- 医疗服务研究 医疗服务研究
背景情况:
- 护理人员对养老院 (NH) 运营至关重要,占收入的很大一部分.
- 了解护理人员工资的财务影响至关重要,尤其是在增加工作时间的政策建议中.
研究的目的:
- 检查护理人员工资与NH财务业绩之间的关系.
- 为了测试 NH 人员配置的背景下效率工资理论.
主要方法:
- 利用了从工资报告期刊和医疗保险成本报告中获得的二次数据 (37,933个设施年度观察,2020-2022年).
- 在注册护士 (RN) 的工资和在执照实践护士 (LPN) 和认证护士助理 (CNA) 的工资中采用仪器变量 (IV) 方法.
- 运营利是依赖变量;设施级RN,LPN和CNA工资是独立变量.
主要成果:
- RN工资增加1美元与营业利率下降0.70个百分点相关 (P=.01).
- 一个1美元的LPN工资增加与0.17点的下降有关 (P<.001).
- CNA工资增加1美元与0.31点的下降有关 (P<.001).
结论:
- 护理人员工资的增加与NH运营利的减少有关,这表明该行业面临财务挑战.
- 调查结果表明,需要采取政策干预措施,如工资补贴或增加医疗补助补偿,以支持在劳动力投资中实现财务可行性.
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