Professional association membership by nursing facility administrators and quality of care.
This article compares 4,220 nursing homes whose administrators belonged to a long-term-care professional association to 12,322 nursing homes whose administrators did not belong to a long-term-care professional association. The research results show that professional membership is associated with higher quality of care on several measures and with a higher private-pay proportion. The study suggests that these facilities do not do better because they have more resources or because they care for less-challenging residents-they do better because they have a professional association as a resource.
Castle
Nicholas G
NG
RAND, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Fogel
Barry S
BS
D001509:Bed Occupancy; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002568:Certification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D005382:Financing, Personal / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006270:Health Facility Administrators / Q000145:classification* / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008484:Medicaid / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006278:Medicare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000453:epidemiology; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012149:Restraint, Physical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012952:Societies / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology