Table 3.
The impact of CON on service quality in for-profit nursing homes.
| Dependent Variables | Coefficient Estimates for CON | Number of Observations | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | ||
| Health Survey Scores | −13.72 *** (2.247) |
−9.469 *** (2.269) |
−9.849 *** (2.274) |
−9.935 *** (2.281) |
8322 |
| RN | 0.025 (0.073) |
0.002 (0.073) |
−0.001 (0.073) |
−0.008 (0.073) |
8255 |
| CNA | 0.105 *** (0.018) |
0.096 *** (0.018) |
0.089 *** (0.018) |
0.103 *** (0.018) |
8255 |
| LPN | −0.038 *** (0.013) |
−0.025 ** (0.013) |
−0.023 * (0.013) |
−0.033 ** (0.013) |
8255 |
| RN Rating | 0.175 *** (0.013) |
0.043 (0.036) |
0.025 (0.036) |
−0.012 (0.036) |
8255 |
| Staff Rating | 0.248 *** (0.034) |
0.146 *** (0.035) |
0.126 *** (0.034) |
0.107 *** (0.035) |
8255 |
| Health Inspection Rating | 0.105 *** (0.040) |
0.075 * (0.041) |
0.080 * (0.041) |
0.094 ** (0.041) |
8322 |
| Health Complaints | −0.213 ** (0.087) |
−0.116 (0.088) |
−0.146 * (0.088) |
−0.180 ** (0.089) |
8244 |
| Fines | 0.052 (0.097) |
0.103 (0.100) |
0.081 (0.100) |
0.019 (0.101) |
2073 |
| Variables Included: | |||||
| Socio-Demographics | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Economic | no | yes | yes | yes | |
| State Policies | no | no | yes | yes | |
| Health Factors | no | no | no | yes | |
Notes: Ordinary least squares (OLS) was used to estimate the reported coefficients. The first model in the table includes the socio-demographics covariates only, while the fourth model includes all of the covariates. The numbers in parentheses are standard errors. ***(**)[*] indicates the 0.001(0.01)[0.05] level of significance.