Do non-profit operators provide higher quality of care? Evidence from micro-level data for Japan's long-term care industry

Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 125-135

  Noguchi, Haruko ^a   Shimizutani, Satoshi ^b  

^a Toyo Eiwa University   (Japan)

^b HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Long term care; Non profit wage premium; Nursing homes; Quality of care; Treatment effect approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748547243     PISSN: 0018280X     EISSN: 2436097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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