Effects of chain ownership and private equity financing on quality in the English care home sector: retrospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

the structure of care homes markets in England is changing with the emergence of for-profit homes organised in chains and financed by private equity. Previous literature shows for-profit homes were rated lower quality than not-for-profit homes when inspected by the national regulator, but has not considered new forms of financing.

Objectives

to examine whether financing and organisation of care homes is associated with regulator assessments of quality.

Methods

retrospective observational study of the Care Quality Commission's ratings of 10,803 care homes providing services to older people as of January 2020. We used generalised ordered logistic models to assess whether ratings differed between not-for-profit and for-profit homes categorised into three group

SUBMITTER: Patwardhan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9792077 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature