Efficacy and safety of antiviral treatment for COVID-19 from evidence in studies of SARS-CoV-2 and other acute viral infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis

W Liu, P Zhou, K Chen, Z Ye, F Liu, X Li, N He, Z Wu… - Cmaj, 2020 - Can Med Assoc
BACKGROUND: Antiviral medications are being given empirically to some patients with
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). To support the development of a COVID-19 …

For-profit long-term care homes and the risk of COVID-19 outbreaks and resident deaths

NM Stall, A Jones, KA Brown, PA Rochon, AP Costa - Cmaj, 2020 - Can Med Assoc
BACKGROUND: Long-term care (LTC) homes have been the epicentre of the coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Canada to date. Previous research shows that for …

Financial performance, employee well-being, and client well-being in for-profit and not-for-profit nursing homes: A systematic review

A Bos, P Boselie, M Trappenburg - Health Care Management …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Background: Expanding the opportunities for for-profit nursing home care is a central theme
in the debate on the sustainable organization of the growing nursing home sector in Western …

[HTML][HTML] Association of private equity investment in US nursing homes with the quality and cost of care for long-stay residents

RT Braun, HY Jung, LP Casalino, Z Myslinski… - JAMA Health …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Private equity firms have been acquiring US nursing homes; an estimated 5% of
US nursing homes are owned by private equity firms. Objective To examine the association …

Physical therapy as the first point of care to treat low back pain: an instrumental variables approach to estimate impact on opioid prescription, health care utilization …

BK Frogner, K Harwood, CHA Andrilla… - Health services …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To compare differences in opioid prescription, health care utilization, and costs
among patients with low back pain (LBP) who saw a physical therapist (PT) at the first point …

Successfully reducing hospitalizations of nursing home residents: results of the Missouri quality initiative

MJ Rantz, L Popejoy, A Vogelsmeier… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose The goals of the Missouri Quality Initiative (MOQI) for long-stay nursing home
residents were to reduce the frequency of avoidable hospital admissions and readmissions …

observational evidence of for-profit delivery and inferior nursing home care: When is there enough evidence for policy change?

LA Ronald, MJ McGregor, C Harrington, A Pollock… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Observational Evidence of For-Profit Delivery and Inferior Nursing Home Care: When Is
There Enough Evidence for Policy Change? | PLOS Medicine Skip to main content …

Trends in ageing and ageing-in-place and the future market for institutional care: scenarios and policy implications

P Alders, FT Schut - Health Economics, Policy and Law, 2019 - cambridge.org
In several OECD countries the percentage of elderly in long-term care institutions has been
declining as a result of ageing-in-place. However, due to the rapid ageing of population in …

Health and long-term care

EC Norton - Handbook of the economics of population aging, 2016 - Elsevier
This chapter summarizes the recent economic literature on health and long-term care as it
relates to population aging. The profound demographic changes taking place in developed …

The impact of dementia special care units on quality of care: An instrumental variables analysis

NR Joyce, TG McGuire, SJ Bartels… - Health services …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To compare the quality of care following admission to a nursing home (NH) with
and without a dementia special care unit (SCU) for residents with dementia. Data …