TABLE 2—
Descriptive Statistics: California, Ohio, New York, Texas, 2001
| Variable | California, No., %, or Mean (SD) | Ohio, No., %, or Mean (SD) | New York, No., %, or Mean (SD) | Texas, No., %, or Mean (SD) |
| Nursing home characteristics | ||||
| Sample size | 1350 | 1028 | 702 | 1207 |
| Clinical care quality: % of residents with challenges | ||||
| Decline in activities of daily living | 14.5 (8.1) | 14.8 (6.7) | 13.6 (5.2) | 16.1 (6.5) |
| Pressure sores | 10.4 (7.3) | 9.3 (4.6) | 9.3 (4.2) | 8.5 (4.9) |
| Physical restraints | 17.9 (11.7) | 9.9 (7.9) | 7.4 (8.1) | 17.5 (10.0) |
| Hotel services quality: no. of deficiencies for more observable quality dimension per bed | 3.4 (2.5) | 1.7 (1.7) | 1.4 (1.7) | 2.3 (2.0) |
| Ownership status | ||||
| For-profit | 76.30 | 74.00 | 48.70 | 82.20 |
| Not-for-profit | 20.10 | 23.00 | 43.30 | 15.20 |
| Public | 3.60 | 3.17 | 8.10 | 2.60 |
| Nursing home characteristics | ||||
| Distance from prior residence in miles | 15.59 (18.6) | 20.28 (22.4) | 16.38 (20.3) | 25.54 (28.1) |
| Number of licensed beds | 101.00 (89.8) | 117.00 (83.0) | 186.00 (130) | 106.00 (46.7) |
| Occupancy rate | 82.20 (17.8) | 77.70 (21.0) | 93.40 (9.7) | 71.10 (19.8) |
| Affiliation | ||||
| Part of a chain | 63.7 | 57.6 | 17.7 | 73.5 |
| Hospital affiliated | 14.0 | 5.8 | 11.4 | 6.7 |
| Individual characteristics—private pay new admissions | ||||
| Sample size | 18 185 | 5680 | 4183 | 4857 |
| Age | 83.1 (7.7) | 83.3 (8.0) | 82.0 (7.9) | 83.9 (7.6) |
| % White | 86.7 | 92.3 | 89.8 | 89.8 |
| % High school graduate or above | 82.2 | 70.9 | 70.9 | 73.3 |