Factors associated with increasing nursing home closures.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We determine the rate of nursing home closures for 7 years (1999-2005) and examine internal (e.g., quality), organizational (e.g., chain membership), and external (e.g., competition) factors associated with these closures.

Design and method

The names of the closed facilities and dates of closure from state regulators in all 50 states were obtained. This information was linked to the Online Survey, Certification, and Reporting data, which contains information on internal, organizational, and market factors for almost all nursing homes in the United States.

Results

One thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine facilities closed over this time period (1999-2005). The average annual rate of closure was about 2 percent of facilities, but the rate of closure was found

SUBMITTER: Castle NG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2699923 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature