For-profit and not-for-profit nursing homes in Israel: Do they differ with respect to quality of care?

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 167-172

  Clarfield, A Mark ^a,b   Ginsberg, Gary ^c   Rasooly, Iris ^c   Levi, Sara ^c   Gindin, Jacob ^d   Dwolatzky, Tzvi ^e  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^d KAPLAN HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^e Mental Health Centre   (Israel)

Author keywords

For profit versus not for profit NHs in Israel; Nursing homes; Quality assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIAL WORK;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH FACILITIES, PROPRIETARY; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSING HOMES; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 58749109247     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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