Hospitalization and Mortality Rates in Long-Term Care Facilities: Does For-Profit Status Matter?

Staffing levels in not-for-profit and for-profit long-term care facilities: does type of ownership matter?

BACKGROUND Currently there is a lot of debate about the advantages and disadvantages of for-profit health care delivery. We examined staffing ratios for direct-care and support staff in publicly funded not-for-profit and for-profit nursing homes in British Columbia. METHODS We obtained staffing data for 167 long-term care facilities and linked these to the type of facility and ownership of th...

Long-term care insurance: Does experience matter?

We examine whether long-term care (LTC) experience helps explain the low demand for long-term care insurance (LTCI). We test if expectations about future informal care receipt, expectations about inheritance receipt, and LTCI purchase decisions vary between individuals whose parents or in-laws have used LTC versus those who have not. We find parental use of a nursing home decreases expectations...

Current Status of Long-term Care in Taiwan: Transition of Long-term Care Plan From 1.0 to 2.0

Comparison of hospitalization rates among for-profit and nonprofit dialysis facilities.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The vast majority of US dialysis facilities are for-profit and profit status has been associated with processes of care and outcomes in patients on dialysis. This study examined whether dialysis facility profit status was associated with the rate of hospitalization in patients starting dialysis. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & METHODS This was a retrospective cohort...

Nutrition in long-term care facilities.

As at March 31, 2014, the regional health authorities (RHAs) administered 41 facilities with 2,788 long-term care beds available. Of these 41 facilities, 25 are publicly-operated long-term care facilities which provide residential care and accommodations to 2,390 long-term care residents who have high care needs and require on-site services. The remaining 398 long-term care residents are cared ...