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| State regulation of the supply of long-term care providers | | Author(s) | Charlene A Harrington, Michael Curtis, Helen Carrillo |
| Journal title | Journal of Applied Gerontology, vol 16, no 1, March 1997 |
| Pages | pp 5-30 |
| Keywords | Nursing homes ; Domiciliary services ; Services ; Long term ; Finance [care] ; Policy ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | In the US, states have undertaken a number of policy initiatives to control or reduce spending for long-term care (LTC) services, such as moratoria and certificate of need (CON) programmes. This study looked at the CON and moratoria programmes that states have applied to nursing homes, home care and other types of long-term care. It also examined whether states repealed their regulatory programmes following the repeal of the federal CON requirements in 1986. The study found that the majority of states and the District of Columbia retained their CON and/or added a moratorium on new nursing facilities and beds after the removal of the federal CON requirements. Some states were also regulating the growth of other types of long-term care facilities and home health agencies. States with a CON and/or moratoria were more likely to have a greater black and ethnic group population, to have liberal politicians, and to have a lower capacity to raise taxes. The authors conclude that when state financial budgets are limited, policy-makers are likely to continue to regulate the supply of LTC providers. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981015213 A |
| Classmark | LHB: N: I: 4Q: QC: QAD: 7T |
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