Table 3.
Duration Analysis on the Policy Variable
| Dependent variable: | Pass-through policy | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |
| log CNA hours (1999) | 1.407 (5.039) | −8.184 (11.43) | −6.224 (10.25) | |
| Pressure ulcer worsening rate (1999) | 22.08 (15.69) | 22.08 (15.69) | ||
| ADL decline rate (1999) | −7.656 (6.692) | −7.656 (6.692) | ||
| Persistent pain rate (1999) | 15.56 (12.56) | 15.56 (12.56) | ||
| State minimum nursing hours | −0.0140 (0.318) | 0.128 (0.843) | −0.448 (0.825) | −0.291 (0.945) |
| Medicaid payment rate (1999) | −0.0219 (0.146) | 0.128 (0.315) | 0.157 (0.535) | 0.137 (0.544) |
| Case-mix reimbursement (1999) | 0.741 (0.563) | 2.157 (1.440) | 2.604* (1.435) | 2.467* (1.374) |
| Dummy: 2 years later | −0.564 (0.741) | 0.0288 (0.762) | 0.326 (0.881) | 0.317 (0.853) |
| Dummy: 3 years later | 0.114 (0.643) | 1.373** (0.692) | 1.826** (0.780) | 1.820** (0.773) |
| Dummy: 4 years later | −0.712 (0.848) | 0.664 (0.889) | 1.225 (0.963) | 1.226 (0.968) |
| Dummy: 5 years later | −1.372 (1.115) | 0.0132 (1.136) | 0.552 (1.303) | 0.552 (1.295) |
| Facility and market covariates | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| No. of observations | 165 | 165 | 165 | 165 |
Notes: Initial policy, facility, and market covariates are 1999 averages. States that already had the pass-through policy in 1999 are dropped in the estimation. The excluded dummy variable is “one year later”. Robust standard errors are in parentheses. Medicaid repayment rate is in $10 increments. Facility and market variables listed in Table 2 were used as covariates in columns (2) to (4).
*, **, and ***
indicate significance at the 10%, 5%, and 1 % level, respectively.