For-Profit Canadian Nursing Homes Have Higher Mortality & Hospitalization Rates Than Non-Profit Nursing Homes

For-profit nursing homes in Ontario, Canada had a higher six-month mortality rate and a higher hospitalization rate than non-profit nursing homes for admissions between January 2010 and March 2012.  Across both for-profit and non-profit facilities, one year after admission and before discharge, 11.7% of residents died and 25.7% had at least one hospitalization. During the 12-month follow-up, hospitalization rates at for-profit facilities were 462 per 1,000 person years. At non-profit facilities the hospitalization rate was 358 per 1,000 person years. The mortality rate in for-profit facilities . . .