1. For-profit and not-for-profit nursing homes in Israel: Do they differ with respect to quality of care?
- Author
-
Tzvi Dwolatzky, Jacob Gindin, Gary M. Ginsberg, A. Mark Clarfield, Sara Levi, and Iris Rasooly
- Subjects
Aging ,Health (social science) ,Organizations, Nonprofit ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Staffing ,Context (language use) ,Nursing ,For profit ,Homes for the Aged ,Humans ,Medicine ,Quality (business) ,Israel ,Quality of care ,health care economics and organizations ,Aged ,Quality of Health Care ,media_common ,business.industry ,Long-Term Care ,Nursing Homes ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Not for profit ,Scale (social sciences) ,Geriatrics and Gerontology ,business ,Nursing homes ,Gerontology ,Health Facilities, Proprietary - Abstract
There has long been concern whether care is better in for-profit (FP) or not-for-profit (NFP) nursing homes (NHs). In order to answer this question in the Israeli context, a cross-sectional study of quality was undertaken, as measured by the Ministry of Health (MoH) assessment teams. We examined a convenience sample of 127 NHs (48 NFP, 79 FP), comprising approximately three quarters of Israel's 193 such institutions at the time of the study (1998-2001). A 100-point composite scale was designed derived from the detailed assessments of seven different professions. The quality of care on average was better in NFP (67/100 points) compared to FP (55/100 points) institutions (p
- Published
- 2009
- Full Text
- View/download PDF