Non-Profit vs. For-Profit Nursing Homes: Is there a Difference in Care?

In September 2007, an investigative report inThe New York Timesfound that:

The facilities it focused on, in the year after its takeover by a private equity firm, cut the number of registered nurses in half and cut spending on nursing supplies, activities for residents, and other supplies, leading to poorer resident care.

2011, the first-ever analysis of the ten largest for-profit nursing home chains reported that between 2003 and 2008, compared to all other ownership groups...facilities owned by for-profit chains had:

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