Table 2.

Facility Average Reported, Empirical Bayes (EB), and EB-Adjusted QM Rates

	Residents in QM Denominator		Reported QM Rate		EB QM Rate		EB-Adjusted QM Rate
Quality Measure	Facilities with 20+Residents	Median Residents/Facility	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
ADL decline	393	55	0.165	0.076	0.160	0.046	0.158	0.045
Bedfast	393	64	0.012	0.017	0.009	0.006	0.008	0.005
Increasing depression/anxiety	325	36	0.133	0.086	0.126	0.047	0.117	0.045
Bladder or bowel incontinence	388	48	0.486	0.135	0.486	0.100	0.477	0.112
Indwelling catheter	393	64	0.059	0.039	0.053	0.013	0.047	0.012
Mobility decline	390	46	0.157	0.076	0.149	0.040	0.147	0.035
Moderate/severe pain	265	29	0.272	0.147	0.261	0.108	0.257	0.104
Physical restraints	393	64	0.045	0.051	0.041	0.037	0.039	0.037
High-risk pressure sores	365	41	0.088	0.058	0.085	0.025	0.070	0.017
Low-risk pressure sores	257	32	0.025	0.030	0.021	0.006	0.017	0.003
Urinary tract infections	393	64	0.072	0.042	0.069	0.016	0.065	0.014
Weight loss	393	60	0.081	0.046	0.079	0.018	0.068	0.014

QM, quality measure; SD, standard deviations; ADL, activities of daily living.