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Nursing Homes & Facilities

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Research Brief

Trends in Ownership Structures of U.S. Nursing Homes and the Relationship with Facility Traits and Quality of Care (2013-2022)

Stakeholders, researchers, and policymakers have identified varying nursing home ownership structures and ownership transactions as potentially influencing the quality of care delivered to vulnerable residents.
ASPE Issue Brief, Research Brief

Nursing Home Staffing and the COVID-19 Pandemic

It is well known that in the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States much of the devastation was concentrated in nursing homes. In addition to the staggering death toll, isolation and suffering from COVID-19 among nursing home residents, the pandemic introduced new challenges for nursing home staff and exacerbated ongoing challenges.
ASPE Issue Brief

Resident and Facility Factors Associated with High Risk of Discharge from Nursing Facilities, 2012-2017: Issue Brief

This project tracked resident and facility factors associated with high risk of live discharges from nursing facilities.
Report

Resident and Facility Factors Associated with High Risk of Discharge from Nursing Facilities, 2012-2017: Final Report

This project tracked resident and facility factors associated with high risk of live discharges from nursing facilities.
ASPE Issue Brief, Report

High Risk of Discharge from Nursing Facilities

People can be discharged from nursing homes for many reasons. Discharges may be a positive outcome and at an individual’s choice. In other cases, discharges may be at the direction of the facility and against the will of the resident. There are strict rules about when involuntary facility-initiated discharges (FIDs) are allowed.
ASPE Issue Brief

State Use of Value-Based Payment in Nursing Facilities Issue Brief

Payers across the health care spectrum have begun transitioning from paying for quantity toward paying for quality. These value-based payment (VBP) programs vary in scope and focus, but generally share the goals of improving cost-savings and linking payments to value rather than volume.
Report

Opioid Use in Long-Term Care Settings: Final Report

Opioid use was very common among the long-term care (LTC) residents in our sample. Perhaps reflecting their post-acute rehabilitative needs, discharged residents were more likely to have opioid use prior to LTC admission and at the beginning of the LTC stay.
Research Brief

Changes in Ownership of Skilled Nursing Facilities from 2016 to 2021: Variations by Geographic Location and Quality

Newly released CMS skilled nursing facilities (SNF) Change of Ownership data (CHOW) data allows for a better understanding of how the nursing home ownership financial structures are changing. A total of 3,258 SNFs have been sold since 2016. Roughly 3.5% of skilled nursing facilities are sold in the US each year since then.
ASPE Issue Brief

Antipsychotic Medication Prescribing in Long Term Care Facilities Increased in the Early Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic Issue Brief

Prescriptions dispensed for antipsychotics in nursing homes and assisted living facilities increased since the beginning of the pandemic, with 20.8 thousand dispensed in 2020 compared to 20.5 thousand in 2019. This represents a 1.5% increase in total prescriptions since the beginning of the pandemic despite lower resident census levels in long-term care facilities (LTCFs).

COVID-19 Intensifies Nursing Home Workforce Challenges

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