(A person year is a measurement that combines the number of persons and their time contribution in a study.
Within six months of admission, residents of for-profit homes had a mortality rate of 252 per 1,000 person years vs 216 per 1,000 person years for those in non-profit homes. The study followed 53,739 residents admitted to Ontario’s 640 long-term care homes between Jan.
Rates of death and hospitalization are “significantly” higher in Ontario’s for-profit nursing homes than in non-profit ones, according to new research.įor-profit homes have a mortality rate that is 16 per cent higher and a hospitalization rate that is 33 per cent higher than their non-profit counterparts, a study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association.
