Table 2.

Characteristics of Sample Facilities and Comparison to All Eligible NYS Nursing Homes

	Sample Facilities (N=162)	All Eligible NYS Facilities (N=600)
Variables			P-value a
	Mean (SD) [%]	Mean (SD) [%]
Dependent variables :
Quality of care deficiencies (QC)	1.69 (1.57)	1.57 (1.68)	0.352
Quality of life deficiencies (QL) - % facilities with any deficiencies	0.48 (0.75) [33.95]	0.50 (0.75) [39.00]	0.696 0.239
Severe deficiencies (G-L) - % facilities with any deficiencies	0.33 (0.91) [19.75]	0.25 (0.67) [18.50]	0.247 0.717
Independent variables:
Work effectiveness	4.22 (0.22)
Self-managed teams	7.64% (6.47)
Formal teams	8.45% (6.46)
Primary assignment	39.43% (16.41)
Size	202.83 (136.65)	180.52 (118.86)	0.039
Staffing ratios
RN hours/resident/day	0.61 (0.23)	0.58 (0.26)	0.167
LPN hours/resident/day	0.83 (0.25)	0.79 (0.28)	0.026
CNA hours/resident/day	2.31 (0.40)	2.27 (0.43)	0.196
ADL index	18.44% (6.93)	19.23 (7.73)	0.151
Facility ownership
Not-for-profit	66.05%	48.17%	<0.001
Chain membership	11.11%	13.17%	0.486

^aP-value for means between sample facilities and all NYS facilities