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Observational Evidence of For-Profit Delivery and Inferior Nursing Home Care: When Is There Enough Evidence for Policy Change?

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  • Lisa A Ronald
  • Margaret J McGregor
  • Charlene Harrington
  • Allyson Pollock
  • Joel Lexchin

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Margaret McGregor and colleagues consider Bradford Hill’s framework for examining causation in observational research for the association between nursing home care quality and for-profit ownership.

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  • Lisa A Ronald & Margaret J McGregor & Charlene Harrington & Allyson Pollock & Joel Lexchin, 2016. "Observational Evidence of For-Profit Delivery and Inferior Nursing Home Care: When Is There Enough Evidence for Policy Change?," PLOS Medicine, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(4), pages 1-12, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pmed00:1001995
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001995
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    1. Jamie E. Collins & Leslie I. Boden & Daniel A. Gundersen & Jeffrey N. Katz & Gregory R. Wagner & Glorian Sorensen & Jessica A. R. Williams, 2021. "Workplace Integrated Safety and Health Program Uptake in Nursing Homes: Associations with Ownership," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(21), pages 1-11, October.
    2. Bach-Mortensen, Anders Malthe & Barlow, Jane, 2021. "Outsourced austerity or improved services? A systematic review and thematic synthesis of the experiences of social care providers and commissioners in quasi-markets," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 276(C).
    3. Yong, Jongsay & Yang, Ou & Zhang, Yuting & Scott, Anthony, 2021. "Ownership, quality and prices of nursing homes in Australia: Why greater private sector participation did not improve performance," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 125(11), pages 1475-1481.
    4. Bach-Mortensen, Anders Malthe & Goodair, Benjamin & Barlow, Jane, 2022. "Outsourcing and children's social care: A longitudinal analysis of inspection outcomes among English children's homes and local authorities," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 313(C).
    5. Hjelmar, Ulf & Bhatti, Yosef & Petersen, Ole Helby & Rostgaard, Tine & Vrangbæk, Karsten, 2018. "Public/private ownership and quality of care: Evidence from Danish nursing homes," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 216(C), pages 41-49.

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