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

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 874-883

  Tanuseputro, Peter ^a,b   Chalifoux, Mathieu ^b   Bennett, Carol ^b   Gruneir, Andrea ^c   Bronskill, Susan E ^c   Walker, Peter ^a   Manuel, Douglas ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hospitalization; Long term care; Mortality; Nonprofit organizations; Nursing homes; Proprietary; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING HOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; ONTARIO; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RESIDENTIAL HOME; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; PRIVATE SECTOR; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944056652     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2015.06.004     Document Type: Article

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