Nursing home staffing requirements and input substitution: effects on housekeeping, food service, and activities staff
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Nursing home staffing requirements and input substitution: effects on housekeeping, food service, and activities staff
Abstract
Objective: To study the effect of minimum nurse staffing requirements on the subsequent employment of nursing home support staff.
Data sources: Nursing home data from the Online Survey Certification and Reporting (OSCAR) System merged with state nurse staffing requirements.
Study design: Facility-level housekeeping, food service, and activities staff levels are regressed on nurse staffing requirements and other controls using fixed effect panel regression.
Data extraction method: OSCAR surveys from 1999 to 2004.
Principal findings: Increases in state direct care and licensed nurse staffing requirements are associated with decreases in the staffing levels of all types of support staff.
Conclusions: Increased nursing home nurse staffing requirements lead to input substitution in the form of reduced support staffing levels.
Keywords: Nursing homes; activities staff; food service; housekeeping; regulation; staffing requirements; support staff.
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