Do public nursing home care providers deliver higher quality than private providers? Evidence from Sweden

Table 2 Descriptive statistics of Quality means presented by type of ownership, 2011

Type of quality		Public	Private	Private equity	Private for-profit	Private non-profit
	No. nursing homes	2324	386	201	123	62
Structure	Employees per resident^a	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9
	Hourly employment^a	13.4	17.3	18.8	14.9	16.6
	Full-time employment^a	45.5	45.7	46.0	44.4	46.9
	Employee turnover	7.5	8.6	8.1	8.6	10.1
	Advanced competence^a	9.1	10.5	10.8	10.1	10.3
	Basic competence	84.5	82.4	81.1	83.3	85.0
	Individual accommodation/kitchen	50.9	44.8	46.3	43.9	41.9
Process	Updated care plan	86.7	94.2	93.2	94.8	96.2
	Participation	80.5	90.4	89.6	89.9	93.9
	Nightly fast	89.9	97.1	96.0	98.2	98.3
	Medication review	66.3	82.6	80.9	85.1	82.7
	Screening for falls	62.0	83.5	80.0	86.4	88.8
	Screening for pressure ulcers	57.9	76.3	73.0	77.6	83.9
	Screening for malnutrition	62.1	78.9	75.5	84.1	79.6

Note: ^aFor the indicators Employees per resident, Hourly employment, Full-time Employment, and Advanced competence, data from 2010 are used since these indicators were not measured in 2011 by the NBHW. The data from 2010 comprised 1583 publicly operated nursing homes and 265 privately operated nursing homes (152 private equity, 69 private for-profit, 44 private non-profit)

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