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Emergency room visits and unplanned hospitalisations occur more often for those being cared for in privately run aged care homes.
Researchers believe this may indicate the quality of care is poorer in these facilities and warn against the trend away from government-run and not-for-profit aged care homes.
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- Professor Maria Inacio, Professor in Health Services and epidemiology Director of the Registry of Senior Australians (ROSA) at Flinders University and South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute
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