. 2016 Apr 19;13(4):e1001995. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001995

Table 1. Percent of nursing home beds, by for-profit and nonprofit ownership.

Country	Year	For-profit ownership	Public and nonprofit ownership
United Kingdom [9]	2012	78%	22% ^†
United Kingdom [9]	2007	74%	26%
New Zealand [11]	2009	76%	24%
New Zealand [11]	2005	65%	35%
USA [12]^*	2008	67%	33% ^‡
USA [12]^*	2003	66%	34%
Canada [14]	2011	37%	63%
Canada [14]	2008	35%	65%
Australia [10]^*	2007	27%	73% ^§
Sweden [15]	2012	21% ^#	79%
Sweden [15]	1993	5% ^#	95%

Note: For-profit–owned facilities include both publicly and privately funded delivery of services.

* Percent of nursing homes reported

^† 8% government-owned, 14% private nonprofit

^‡ 6% government-owned, 27% private nonprofit

^§ 12% government-owned, 61% private nonprofit

^# Reported value includes both private for-profit and private nonprofit ownership. However, as stated by the authors, “The entire increase of private provision is the result of the growth of for-profit—in contrast to nonprofit—providers” (p. 23, [15]).