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Nursing home performance in resident care in the United States: is it only a matter of for-profit versus not-for-profit?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2008

FREDERIC H. DECKER
FREDERIC H. DECKER*
Affiliation:
National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
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*Correspondence to: Frederic H. Decker, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 3435, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA. Email: FDecker@cdc.gov
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Abstract:

Poorer resident care in US for-profit relative to not-for-profit nursing homes is usually blamed on the profit motive. But US nursing home performance may relate to Medicaid public financing in a manner qualifying the relationship between ownership and quality. We investigated effects of Medicaid resident census, Medicaid payment, and occupancy on performance. Resource dependence theory implies these predictors may affect discretion in resources invested in resident care across for-profit and not-for-profit facilities. Models on physical restraint use and registered nurse (RN) staffing were studied using generalized estimating equations with panel data derived from certification inspections of nursing homes. Restraint use increased and RN staffing levels decreased among for-profit and not-for-profit facilities when the Medicaid census increased and Medicaid payment decreased. Interaction effects supported a theory that performance relates to available discretion in resource allocation. Effects of occupancy appear contingent on the dependence on Medicaid. Poorer performance among US for-profit nursing homes may relate to for-profit homes having lower occupancy, higher Medicaid census, and operating in US states with lower Medicaid payments compared to not-for-profit homes. Understanding the complexity of factors affecting resources expended on resident care may further our understanding of the production of quality in nursing homes, whether in the US or elsewhere.

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Health Economics, Policy and Law , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , April 2008 , pp. 115 - 140
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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