Table 1.

Baseline distribution of intervention and control group characteristics.

		% of sample
Characteristic	Category	Intervention	Control
Resident	1	2.9	3.1
Classification	2	35.6	39.8
Instrument	3	41.7	40.5
	4	13.6	11.7
	5	3.0	3.1
Age (years)	< 60	2.0	2.6
	60–69	6.6	5.4
	70–79	21.9	22.3
	80–89	47.4	46.7
	90–99	20.7	21.1
	≥ 100	1.7	1.6
Nursing home size	20–39	6.8	12.7
(number of beds)	40–59	21.0	18.8
	60–79	23.4	21.5
	≥ 80	48.8	47.1