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| The effects of for-profit and not-for-profit facility status on the quality of care for nursing home residents with mental illnesses | | Author(s) | Nicholas G Castle, Dennis G Shea |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 20, no 2, March 1998 |
| Pages | pp 246-263 |
| Keywords | Nursing homes ; Mental disorder ; Quality of life ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Using data from the 1985 National Nursing Home Survey, and its follow-up in 1987, United States (US), this article examines whether a relationship exists between ownership status (for-profit and not-for-profit) of nursing homes and the quality of care for residents who are mentally ill. Three quality indicators are examine: structure, process, and outcome. Also, different types of nursing homes are examined by size and certification level. The authors fail to find consistent evidence that for-profit nursing homes provide poorer quality care to mentally ill residents using measures of structure, process and outcome; they did find, however, that nursing homes may modify their approach to caring for these residents. That is, the size of the facility and the certification level could be important factors in the quality of the mental health care of nursing home residents. |
| Accession Number | CPA-980423405 A |
| Classmark | LHB: E: F:59: 7T |
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