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OBJECTIVE:Many studies have examined quality effects of nursing facility (NF) staffing, but few have examined effects of unionization. Concerned with possible effects of unionization on quality, we analyzed unionization and local market climate of unionization, predicting both complaints (reflecting either quality problems or better monitoring and advocacy) and the substantiation of serious complaints (indicating major quality problems). METHOD:Data were analyzed on California freestanding NFs in 1999 (N = 1,155). OLS regression was employed to predict both quality complaints and serious violations, the latter both controlling and not controlling for numbers of complaints. RESULTS:Unionized NFs showed more complaints than did non-unionized NFs. Non-unionized NFs had more serious violations, particularly when the proportion of other county facilities unionized was higher. DISCUSSION:These findings suggest that unionization enhances problem reporting while, especially in stronger union environments, reducing the incidence of serious quality violations.
journal_name
J Aging Healthjournal_title
Journal of aging and healthauthors
Swan JH,Harrington Cdoi
10.1177/0898264307299371subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2007-04-01 00:00:00pages
183-99issue
2eissn
0898-2643issn
1552-6887pii
19/2/183journal_volume
19pub_type
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