Financial Performance is Associated With PPE Shortages in Chain-Affiliated Nursing Homes During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Financial Performance is Associated With PPE Shortages in Chain-Affiliated Nursing Homes During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study

Published:2023-01 Issue: Volume:60 Page:
ISSN:0046-9580
Container-title:INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing
language:en
Short-container-title:INQUIRY

Author:

Kang Yejin¹,David Samuel V.¹,Bowblis John R.²,Intrator Orna³⁴,Downer Brian¹,Li Chih-Ying¹^ORCID,Goodwin James S.¹,Xu Huiwen¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA

2. Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA

3. University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA

4. Canandaigua VA Medical Center, Canandaigua, NY, USA

Abstract

Many nursing homes operated at thin profit margins prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study examines the role of nursing homes’ financial performance and chain affiliation in shortages of personal protection equipment (PPE) during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. We constructed a longitudinal file of 79 868 nursing home-week observations from 10 872 unique facilities. We found that a positive profit margin was associated with a 21.0% lower probability of reporting PPE shortages in chain-affiliated nursing homes, but not in non-chain nursing homes. Having adequate financial resources may help nursing homes address future emergencies, especially those affiliated with a multi-facility chain.

Funder

National Institutes of Health

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Health Policy

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/00469580231219443

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