Table 2.
Variable Specification
| Dependent Variables | |
|---|---|
| Total Lawsuits Filed | =Total lawsuits brought against the nursing home for that year |
| Quality Variables | |
| Met CMS recommended long stay CNA staffing levels per any year | =1 if nursing home met the 2.8 CNA hour per resident day standard for that year |
| Met CMS recommended long stay LPN+RN staffing levels per any year | =1 if nursing home met the 1.3 LPN+RN hour per resident day standard for that year |
| Met CMS recommended long stay RN staffing levels per any year | =1 if nursing homes met the 0.75 hour per resident day standard for that year |
| Skin pressure sores developed in the nursing home ratio per year | =Total skin sores in home minus total skin sores at admission divided by total residents for that year |
| Total survey deficiencies per year | =Total number of health survey deficiencies for that year |
| Actual harm citation | =1 if nursing home was cited for an actual harm severity (G or higher) on the licensing survey |
| Resource Variables | |
| System membership | =1 if nursing home was a member of a 30 facility or greater nursing home chain |
| Medicaid resident ratio per year | =Total number of Medicaid residents divided by total residents for that year |
| Nursing home size (no. of beds) per year | =Total number of nursing home beds for that year |
| For-profit | =1 if nursing home is a for-profit organization |
| Market Variables | |
| Resident rights state | =1 if state has residents rights laws |
| State complaint mean number | =Mean number of complaints per 100 beds for the state home is located in |
| Mean minutes for state complaint investigation | =Mean hours it takes state to investigate complaint from time filed to investigation initiated |
| Control Variables | |
| Residents requiring tube feeding ratio per year | =Total residents tube feeding dependent divided by total residents for that year |
| Residents bowel incontinent ratio per year | =Total bowel incontinent residents divided by total residents for that year |
| New residents requiring catheters in the nursing home ratio per year | =Total catheter patients in home minus total catheter patients at admission divided by total residents for that year |
| Year* | =1 for year (Year 1997, Year 1998, Year 1999, Year 2000, Year 2001) |
*
1997 was the omitted comparison year for the analysis.