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Published in final edited form as: Med Care Res Rev. 2008 Mar 27;65(4):514–527. doi: 10.1177/1077558708315968

Table 2. Association between provider taxes and Medicaid payment rates (1999-2004).

	Dependent Variable = Percentage change in Medicaid Rate from previous year
Nursing home provider tax (0/1)	5.85 (1.33)
Medicaid case-mix payment (0/1)	-2.72 (1.87)
Per capita income (per $1,000)	-0.95 (1.06)
% Medicaid long-term care spending on HCBS	-0.21 (0.11)
% population 65+	3.90 (3.57)
Empty nursing home beds per 1,000 population 65+	-0.57 (0.38)
% nursing home beds government-owned	-0.68 (0.46)
Hospital wage index (per 1 standard deviation)	14.16 (9.70)
Unemployment rate	-2.41 (0.83)
Nursing home moratorium (0/1)	-2.45 (1.69)
Calendar year (reference = 1999):
2000	0.15 (1.48)
2001	4.14 (2.09)
2002	6.45 (2.30)
2003	4.94 (2.39)
2004	2.99 (2.47)
Constant	17.30 (11.10)

State Fixed Effects	(Not Shown)
N	288

Notes: Estimated using least squares regression with standard errors presented in parentheses. All dollar values are converted to 2004. HCBS = home- and community-based services.