Table 1.

Facility and Demographic Characteristics of Participants in Sample Nursing Homes

	1	2	3
	Low Homes <25th Percentile	High Homes 75–90th Percentile	Highest Homes 91st+Percentile	Significant Comparisons
Demographic Measures	N=228	N=204	N=115
Number of Beds	118	158	77	12 v 3*
Age—Mean Years (SD)	79 (12)	82 (10)	91 (6)	1 and 2 vs. 3**
				1 vs. 2**
				2 vs. 3**
				1 vs. 3**
Length of Residency—Mean Months (SD)	28 (32.6)	24.9 (27.7)	26.9 (24.3)	–
Percent Female	66	75	89	1 and 2 vs. 3**
				1 vs. 3**
				2 vs. 3*
Percent Caucasian	49	72	97	1 and 2 vs. 3**
				1 vs. 2**
				2 vs. 3**
				1 vs. 3**
Percent MediCal	79	66	37	1 and 2 vs. 3**
				2 vs. 3**
				1 vs. 3**
				1 vs. 2*
MDS Transfer Level—Mean (SD)***	2.3 (1.4)	3.02 (1.0)	2.77 (1.2)	1 vs. 2**
	(n=217)	(n=194)	(n=102)	1 vs. 3*
MDS Recall Score—Mean (SD)***	2.35 (1.5)	2.24 (1.7)	1.95 (1.6)	1 vs. 3*
	(n=218)	(n=200)	(n=102)
MDS Feeding Assistance Level—Mean (SD)***	1.16 (1.5)	1.62 (1.7)	1.28 (1.4)	1 vs. 2*
Mean (SD)***	(n=220)	(n=203)	(n=97)
Percent Urinary Incontinent	74	86	84
Percent Pressure Ulcer RAP Triggered	81	95	88	1 vs. 2*

^*P≤.05;

^**P≤.001.

^***All MDS scale scores vary from 0 (independent) to 4 (completely dependent)