Home health nursing care: a comparison of not-for-profit and for-profit agencies

The recent rapid growth in the numbers of for-profit and not-for-profit agencies delivering home health care raises questions about whether these agencies are serving different patient populations. Not-for-profit agencies were found to serve more indigent and medicaid patients than for-profits. Nurs...

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Published inHome health care services quarterly Vol. 12; no. 1; p. 23
Main Authors Shuster, 3rd, G F, Cloonan, P A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 06.05.1991
Subjects
Home Care Services - organization & administration
Humans
Nursing Staff - psychology
Ownership - classification
Patient Care Planning - standards
Patients - statistics & numerical data
Southeastern United States
Surveys and Questionnaires
Southeastern United States
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Summary:The recent rapid growth in the numbers of for-profit and not-for-profit agencies delivering home health care raises questions about whether these agencies are serving different patient populations. Not-for-profit agencies were found to serve more indigent and medicaid patients than for-profits. Nurses from both kinds of agencies participated in this study and their patient case management activities are reported and compared for differences in their practice.
ISSN:0162-1424
DOI:10.1300/J027v12n01_04