The relationship between structural characteristics of long-term care institutions and their initial operating budgets.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

In the context of a rapidly aging population, this study focuses on an important issue concerning long-term care institutions, attempting to explore the relationship between structural characteristics and initial operating budgets.

Methods

Data analysis was performed based on 581 long-term care institutions collected from the Shanghai Municipal Civil Affairs Bureau. Statistical analyses were conducted using IBM SPSS Statistics 24.0 with the PROCESS macro (version 3.5) for moderation analyses and Stata 16.0 for endogeneity tests.

Results

The analyses revealed a significant U-shaped relationship between the gross floor areas of long-term care institutions and their initial operating budgets. Industry competition negatively moderated the effect of gross floor are

SUBMITTER: Wang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12528046 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature