Facility ownership and mortality among older adults residing in care homes.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Nursing or care home characteristics may have a long-term impact on the residents' mortality risks that has not been studied previously. The study's main objective was to assess the association between facility ownership and long-term, all-cause mortality. RESEARC...

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Main Authors: Javier Damián, Roberto Pastor-Barriuso, Fernando José García-López, Ana Ruigómez, Pablo Martínez-Martín, Jesús de Pedro-Cuesta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197789