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• Source: Salt Lake Tribune
• Date: June 13, 2008
• URL: Read the story
• Bylines: Matt Canham
• Topics: Nursing Homes
• Data Types: State Data , Federal Data
• Description/Excerpt: A Salt Lake Tribune investigation of Utah's 91 nursing homes shows that ownership is probably the best predictor of quality care. But the public has no easy way to identify who owns the homes, particularly when names are changed to hide a troubled past. Two groups - Quality Health Care and Infinia - operate five of the worst-performing facilities in the state, according to an analysis of inspection records from 2000 to 2007. Quality Health Care recently renamed two poor-performing homes, and Infinia's owners are working on a name change for all three of their Utah locations. Such name changes are nearly impossible to track since the Utah Department of Health keeps incomplete ownership data, none of which is publicly accessible.
• Methodology: See explainer
• Database or Graphic: Go to site (com/nursing_homes/)