Table 4.

Changes in Professional Nurse Staffing before versus after Nursing Home Compare (NHC) Was Released

	RNs+LPNs
	All Facilities	High-Scoring Facilities	Low-Scoring Facilities
2000 (omitted)
2001	−0.00120	−0.0157*	−0.00605
	(0.0041)	(0.0082)	(0.014)
2002	−0.0214***	−0.0332**	−0.0492**
	(0.0070)	(0.015)	(0.023)
2003	−0.0164**	−0.0461***	−0.0563**
	(0.0071)	(0.015)	(0.024)
2004	−0.0208***	−0.0542***	−0.0725***
	(0.0073)	(0.014)	(0.027)
2005	−0.0148**	−0.0382***	−0.0374
	(0.0071)	(0.015)	(0.027)
Constant	1.284***	1.240***	1.485***
	(0.037)	(0.085)	(0.16)
Observations	225035	41551	19678
Number of facilities	13316	1936	947
R2	0.00	0.00	0.00
Change at implementation of NHC (between 2002 and 2003)	0.00500	−0.0128	−0.00706
Change between pre-NHC (2000–2002) and post-NHC (2003–2005)	−0.0107**	−0.0304***	−0.0388**

Robust standard errors in parentheses.

^***p<0.01.

^**p<0.05.

^*p<0.1.

Covariates: cognitive performance scale; ADL, activities of daily living summary scale; RUG, resource utilization groups.