EXHIBIT 3.
Effects Of Dual Eligible Status On Residence In One-Star Or Five-Star Nursing Homes, 2008-10
| Rating of nursing home |
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|---|---|---|
| One star | Five stars | |
| Dual eligibles, 2008 (relative to non–dual eligibles)a | 0.040*** | −0.015*** |
| Dual-eligible status interacted with yearb | ||
| 2009 | 0.003 | −0.004 |
| 2010 | 0.002 | −0.014*** |
| Time trend for non–dual eligibles | ||
| 2009 | −0.027*** | 0.015*** |
| 2010 | −0.065*** | 0.036*** |
| Constant | 0.358*** | 0.053*** |
SOURCE Authors’ analysis of data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Nursing Home Compare; the Nursing Home Minimum Data Set, version 2.0; and the Medicare Beneficiary Summary File. NOTES There were 16,065,677 resident-quarter assessments in both categories of nursing homes. Both regressions controlled for residents’ demographic characteristics and health status. Full regression results are available in Appendix Exhibit A2 (see Note 31 in text). Estimation used linear probability regression models.
Baseline adjusted difference in the probability of being in a one-star or a five-star nursing home for dual eligibles, relative to non–dual eligibles.
Extent to which time trends were different for dual eligibles and non–dual eligibles.
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