Laura M Smith

Summary

Affiliation: Brown University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Home health agency profit orientation and risk for hospitalization: a propensity score analysis of population weighted data
    Laura M Smith
    Department of Community Health, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Box G S1211 6, Providence, RI 02912, USA
    Home Health Care Serv Q 27:240-57. 2008

Research Grants

  1. Home Health Agency Quality: Profit Orientation, Competition and Rehospitalization
    Laura Smith; Fiscal Year: 2007

Detail Information

Publications1

  1. ncbi Home health agency profit orientation and risk for hospitalization: a propensity score analysis of population weighted data
    Laura M Smith
    Department of Community Health, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Box G S1211 6, Providence, RI 02912, USA
    Home Health Care Serv Q 27:240-57. 2008
    ..31 but with a large confidence interval including unity. Results do not support our hypothesis of higher hospitalization risk for for-profit HHA patients...

Research Grants1

  1. Home Health Agency Quality: Profit Orientation, Competition and Rehospitalization
    Laura Smith; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Study results will add to the important ongoing debate about the public value of not-for-profits and potentially inform legislators considering policy impacting healthcare competition. ..