Quality of care in for-profit and not-for-profit nursing homes: Systematic review and meta-analysis

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7717, 2009, Pages 381-384

  Comondore, Vikram R ^a   Devereaux, P J ^b   Zhou, Qi ^b   Stone, Samuel B ^b   Busse, Jason W ^b,c   Ravindran, Nikila C ^d   Burns, Karen E ^e,f   Haines, Ted ^b   Stringer, Bernadette ^b   Cook, Deborah J ^b   Walter, Stephen D ^b   Sullivan, Terrence ^g   Berwanger, Otavio ^h   Bhandari, Mohit ^b   Banglawala, Sarfaraz ^b   Lavis, John N ^b   Petrisor, Brad ^b   Schünemann, Holger ^b,i   Walsh, Katie ^b   Bhatnagar, Neera ^b   Guyatt, Gordon H ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^h FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

ⁱ REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECUBITUS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; FEEDING APPARATUS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LAW; LAW SUIT; NURSING HOME; PATIENT MOBILITY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFIT; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URETHRAL CATHETERIZATION;

AGED; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRESSURE ULCER; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL;

EID: 69449086453     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b2732     Document Type: Review

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