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ArticleJournal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society2021

Decomposing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Nursing Home Quality of Life.

John R Bowblis, Weiwen Ng, Odichinma Akosionu, Tetyana P Shippee

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Article in Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  8. Association of Racial and Ethnic Composition with Staff Levels in Nursing Homes: 2013-2019.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2025
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  10. "I feel like a caged pig in here": Language, Race, and Ethnic Identity in a Case Study Hmong Nursing Home Resident Quality of Life.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

John R BowblisMiami University, Oxford, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4776-4182
Weiwen NgUniversity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
Odichinma AkosionuUniversity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
Tetyana P ShippeeUniversity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.

Funding

System Factors and Racial Disparities in Nursing Home Quality of Life and CareR01MD010729 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI SHIPPEE, TETYANA P. · 2016 to 2020
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NIMHD NIH HHS R01 MD010729
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study examines the racial/ethnic disparity among nursing home (NH) residents using a self-reported, validated measure of quality of life (QoL) among long-stay residents in Minnesota. Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition techniques determine which resident and facility factors are the potential sources of the racial/ethnic disparities in QoL. Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color (BIPOC) report lower QoL than White residents. Facility structural characteristics and being a NH with a high proportion of residents who are BIPOC are the factors that have the largest explanatory share of the disparity. Modifiable characteristics like staffing levels explain a small share of the disparity. To improve the QoL of BIPOC NH residents, efforts need to focus on addressing systemic disparities for NHs with a high proportion of residents who are BIPOC.

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Quality of LifeRacial GroupsEthnicityHealthcare DisparitiesHumansNursing HomesSkilled Nursing Facilitiesdecompositionnursing homesquality of liferacial compositionracial/ethnic disparities

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PMID32772869
PMCPMC7873139

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