Ng. Castle et D. Shea, INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS OF NURSING-HOMES THAT PREDICT THE PROVISION OF MENTAL-HEALTH-SERVICES, Journal of mental health administration, 24(1), 1997, pp. 44-54
This article explores the likelihood of the provision of mental health
services in a nursing home as a function of the home's institutional
factors. Data from the Institutional Population Component of the Natio
nal Medical Expenditure Survey were used, and a modified model of equi
librium quality and price in a multivariate logistic framework is empl
oyed. The results indicate that meeting the demands for active mental
health treatment, as mandated by the Nursing Home Reform Act of 1987,
may be more difficult in those institutions that are part of a chain,
are small, or contain Medicaid skilled nursing facility beds.