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- Title
Financial Performance is Associated With PPE Shortages in Chain-Affiliated Nursing Homes During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study.
- Authors
Kang, Yejin; David, Samuel V.; Bowblis, John R.; Intrator, Orna; Downer, Brian; Li, Chih-Ying; Goodwin, James S.; Xu, Huiwen
- Abstract
Many nursing homes operated at thin profit margins prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study examines the role of nursing homes' financial performance and chain affiliation in shortages of personal protection equipment (PPE) during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. We constructed a longitudinal file of 79 868 nursing home-week observations from 10 872 unique facilities. We found that a positive profit margin was associated with a 21.0% lower probability of reporting PPE shortages in chain-affiliated nursing homes, but not in non-chain nursing homes. Having adequate financial resources may help nursing homes address future emergencies, especially those affiliated with a multi-facility chain.
- Subjects
NURSING care facilities; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; RESEARCH funding; FINANCIAL management; PERSONAL protective equipment; LOGISTIC regression analysis; MULTIHOSPITAL systems; COVID-19 pandemic; LONGITUDINAL method; MEDICAL needs assessment; MEDICARE
- Publication
Inquiry (00469580), 2023, p1
- ISSN
0046-9580
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/00469580231219443