在住宅养老院购买房屋的质量影响
Nicole Sutton1, Nelson Ma1, Jin Sug Yang1
1University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Australasian journal on ageing
|February 6, 2024
概括
澳大利亚的住院养老收购导致了更差的护理质量 (QoC) 结果,包括更多的住院治疗和投诉. 这种下降在较小的营利性提供商收购的房屋中尤其明显,这些供应商现有的质量标准较低.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
背景情况:
- 澳大利亚的住宅老年护理部门正在经历重大整合.
- 人们对合并和收购对老年人提供的护理质量 (QoC) 的影响存在担忧.
研究的目的:
- 在收购澳大利亚住宅养老院后,调查QoC结果的变化.
- 确定收购供应商的特点是否会影响收购后的QoC.
主要方法:
- 一项回顾性观察性研究分析了2015年至2019年间澳大利亚225个养老院收购的非识别数据.
- 回归分析检查了收购前两财年和收购后两财年的QoC结果.
主要成果:
- 收购房屋在收购后的两年中显示出明显更差的QoC结果,其证据是住院治疗和监管投诉的增加.
- 这些负面趋势主要与小型营利性提供商或现有设施中平均质量较低的供应商的收购有关.
结论:
- 在澳大利亚,在收购后的两年内,住院老年护理的护理质量平均下降.
- 这一发现与国际研究一致,并突出了对老年护理受益人市场整合的潜在风险.
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