Nursing Home Compare star ratings before versus after a change in nursing home ownership.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Efforts to increase transparency and accountability of nursing homes, and thus improve quality, now include information about changes in nursing home ownership. However, little is known about how change in ownership affects nursing home quality.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 15,471 U.S. nursing homes between January 2016 and December 2022, identifying all changes in ownership during that period. We used logistic regression to measure the association between nursing home characteristics and the odds of a change in ownership. A difference-in-differences model with multiple time periods was used to examine the impact of a change in ownership on the Medicare Nursing Home Compare 5-star ratings.

Results

One in five (23%) facilities changed

SUBMITTER: Ryskina KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11461114 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature