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Medical Care Research and Review, Vol. 62, No. 2,
139-166 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/1077558704273769
© 2005 SAGE Publications
Nursing Home Profit Status and Quality of Care: Is There Any Evidence of an Association?
Michael P. Hillmer
Walter P. Wodchis
Sudeep S. Gill
Geoffrey M. Anderson
Paula A. Rochon
University of Toronto, Canada
This article critically reviews the association between the profit status of North American nursing homes and the quality of care. Studies were identified by searching MEDLINE (January 1990-October 2002), reference lists, letters, commentaries, and editorials. The quality indicator(s) used to measure quality of care, and its relationship to profit status, was extracted from each publication. The study design and risk-adjustment methodologies used were also extracted. The interrater reliability for the extraction of these three items was determined to be 1.0, 0.6, and 0.8, respectively. Aqualitative systematic review was performed using Donabedians framework of structure, process, and outcome for analyzing medical quality of care. Empirical research in the past 12 years has found that systematic differences exist between for-profit and not-for-profit nursing homes. Forprofit nursing homes appear to provide lower quality of care in many important areas of process and outcome.
Key Words: quality of care nursing homes ownership status systematic review

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