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Table 1 Characteristics of included studies

From: Where’s the evidence? a systematic review of economic analyses of residential aged care infrastructure

Source, Country

Interventions/Comparatora

Facility n

Participant n

Study designa

Type of economic evaluation; analytic viewpoint

Date/source/currency of economic dataa

Dementia specific

Settinga

Studies of Organisational Characteristics (n = 10)

Arling 1987 [44]

United States

Chain-affiliated

Independent for-profit

Government-owned/not-for-profit

150

N/A

Cross-sectional

Cost analysis;

Institutional

1984–1985 ;

Medicaid cost reports;

USD

No

ICF

Bland 1992 [37]

United Kingdom

Government-owned

For profit

Not-for-profit

Phase 1: 100 Phase 2: 6

Phase 1: 2,405 Phase 2: 156

Cross-sectional

Cost analysis;

Institutional

1990;

Annual reports, accounts, and individual financial returns;

GBP

No

RH

Davis 1993 [41]

United States

For profit

Not-for-profit

178

N/A

Cross-sectional

Cost analysis;

Institutional

1989;

Medicaid Certification inspection surveys and cost reports;

USD

No

NH

Farsi 2004 [36]

Switzerland

Government-owned

Not-for-profit

36

N/A

Cross-sectional time series

Cost analysis;

Institutional

1993–2001;

Annual accounting reports converted to year 2000 Swiss Francs;

CHF

No

NH

Holmes 1996 [45]

United States

Chain-affiliated

Proprietary non-chain

Freestanding not-for-profit

Government-owned

Hospital-based

393

N/A

Cross-sectional

Cost analysis;

Institutional

1989;

Medicaid Certification inspection surveys and cost reports;

USD

No

NH

Smith 1992 [50]

United States

Rural location

Urban location

52

N/A

Cross-sectional

Cost analysis;

Institutional

1987–1988;

Medicaid cost reports; research questionnaire to gather performance, strategy, and strategic planning data;

USD

No

NH

Sulvetta 1986 [49]

United States

Hospital-based

Freestanding

3,492

N/A

Cross-sectional

Cost analysis;

Institutional

1980;

Medicare cost reports, projected to 1983;

USD

No

SNF

Ullmann 1984 [46]

United States

For profit

Not-for-profit

Government-owned

308

N/A

Cross-sectional

Cost analysis;

Institutional

1977;

National Nursing Home Survey;

USD

No

SNF

Ullmann 1986 [48]

United States

Independent

Chain-affiliated

265

N/A

Cross-sectional

Cost analysis;

Institutional

1977;

National Nursing Home Survey;

USD

No

SNF

Ullmann 1987 [47]

United States

For profit

Not-for-profit

Government-owned

494

N/A

Cross-sectional

Cost analysis;

Institutional

1976;

Source not stated;

USD

No

SNF

Studies of Environmental Characteristics (n = 4)

Calkins 2007 [38]

United States

Private room s

Enhanced shared rooms

Traditional shared rooms

N/A

189 (bedrooms)

Cross-sectional

Cost analysis;

Institutional

Date not disclosed.; Standard commercial-grade-construction assumptions for the Cleveland, Ohio area; USD

No

NH

Chenoweth 2014 [40]

Australia

Person-centred care (PCC)

Person-centred environment (PCE)

Both PCC + PCE

Usual care

38

601

Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial

Cost analysis;

Institutional

2009–2011; Resource use measured and unit costs assigned using market rates;

AUD

Yes

RACF

Jenkens 2011 [39]

United States

Green House model

Usual care

7

N/A

Cross-sectional

Cost analysis;

Institutional

2008; Commercial construction costs sourced from Reed Construction Data; USD

No

SNF

Maas 1998 [35];

Swanson 1993 [42];

Swanson 1994 [43]

United Statesb

Special care unit

Traditional unit

1

44

Prospective cohort study

Cost analysis;

Health care

Date not disclosed; Resource use measured and unit costs assigned - source of unit cost data not disclosed; USD

Yes

NH

  1. Settings: ICF, intermediate care facility; SNF, skilled nursing facility; NH, nursing home; RACF, residential aged care facility; RH, residential home
  2. aHeadings taken from the JBI Data Extraction Form for Economic Evaluations (http://joannabriggs.org/assets/docs/jbc/operations/dataExtractionForms/JBC_Form_DataE_EconEval.pdf)
  3. bAll three publications are from the same study