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Poor-quality patient care is more likely to be found in for-profit nursing homes.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
SAN JOSE, Calif. _ For-profit nursing homes are more likely to deliver poor-quality care than non-profit or public nursing homes, according to a new study released Friday by health researchers at Harvard University and the University of California-San Francisco.
The study, published in the American Journal of Public Health, also found that for-profit nursing homes provide fewer nurses per patient.
Researchers examined 1998 government inspection records for 13,693 nursing homes that receive Medicare or Medicaid payments _ nearly all such homes in the country. They found that inspectors cited for-profit nursing homes for deficiencies in care about 46 ...
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