Ownership conversions and nursing home performance.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the effects of ownership conversions on nursing home performance.

Data source

Online Survey, Certification, and Reporting system data from 1993 to 2004, and the Minimum Data Set (MDS) facility reports from 1998 to 2004.

Study design

Regression specification incorporating facility fixed effects, with terms to identify trends in the pre- and postconversion periods.

Principal findings

The annual rate of nursing home conversions almost tripled between 1994 and 2004. Our regression results indicate converting facilities are generally different throughout the pre/postconversion years, suggesting little causal effect of ownership conversions on nursing home performance. Before and after conversion, nursing homes converting from nonprofit to for-pr

SUBMITTER: Grabowski DC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2517264 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature