Forecasting Nursing Home Utilization of Elderly Americans
This paper describes the likelihood and duration of nursing home admissions experienced by Americans after age 65. Our analysis generates predictions for a representative population, not for one selected to be at high risk of institutionalization, and should therefore be of direct relevance to the design of long-term care policies.
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Copy CitationAndrew Dick, Alan M. Garber, and Thomas MaCurdy, "Forecasting Nursing Home Utilization of Elderly Americans," NBER Working Paper 4107 (1992), https://doi.org/10.3386/w4107.
Published Versions
Studies in the Economics of Aging, ed. David A. Wise, University of Chicago Press, 1994, p. 365
Forecasting Nursing Home Utilization of Elderly Americans, Andrew Dick, Alan M. Garber, Thomas E. MaCurdy. in Studies in the Economics of Aging, Wise. 1994
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