Table 4.
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 | −12.65 *** (1.371) |
−10.35 *** (1.421) |
−10.24 *** (1.409) |
−10.71 *** (1.367) |
8322 |
| Fines | 0.018 (0.155) |
0.026 (0.161) |
−0.007 (0.157) |
−0.099 (0.152) |
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 level of significance.