Observational Evidence of For-Profit Delivery and Inferior Nursing Home Care: When Is There Enough Evidence for Policy Change?

Authors :: Ronald LA
McGregor MJ
Harrington C
Pollock A
Lexchin J
Source :: PLoS medicine [PLoS Med] 2016 Apr 19; Vol. 13 (4), pp. e1001995. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Apr 19 (Print Publication: 2016).
Publication Year :: 2016
Abstract: Margaret McGregor and colleagues consider Bradford Hill's framework for examining causation in observational research for the association between nursing home care quality and for-profit ownership.

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Commerce economics
Commerce standards
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Contract Services economics
Contract Services standards
Contract Services trends
Cost Savings
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Delivery of Health Care economics
Delivery of Health Care standards
Delivery of Health Care trends
Evidence-Based Medicine legislation & jurisprudence
Frail Elderly
Health Care Costs
Health Expenditures
Health Policy economics
Health Policy trends
Health Services Research
Homes for the Aged economics
Homes for the Aged standards
Homes for the Aged trends
Humans
Nursing Homes economics
Nursing Homes standards
Nursing Homes trends
Observational Studies as Topic
Ownership economics
Ownership standards
Ownership trends
Quality Improvement legislation & jurisprudence
Quality Indicators, Health Care economics
Quality Indicators, Health Care standards
Quality Indicators, Health Care trends
Time Factors
Vulnerable Populations legislation & jurisprudence
Commerce legislation & jurisprudence
Contract Services legislation & jurisprudence
Delivery of Health Care legislation & jurisprudence
Health Policy legislation & jurisprudence
Homes for the Aged legislation & jurisprudence
Nursing Homes legislation & jurisprudence
Ownership legislation & jurisprudence
Policy Making
Quality Indicators, Health Care legislation & jurisprudence

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