Table 2.

Change in processes of care with the publication of the outcome measures on Nursing Home Compare (NHC)

	Change with NHC*
	Mean (95% CI)	P-value
Processes of care, %
Enrolled in pain management program	9.00 (8.76 to 9.24)	<.001
On written bladder training program	0.02 (−0.15 to 0.19)	0.82
Receiving preventive skin care	9.43 (8.98 to 9.87)	<.001
Receiving mechanically altered diets	−1.61 (−1.76 to −1.46)	<.001
Receiving tube feeds	−0.87 (−0.92 to −0.81)	<.001
With assist devices while eating	−0.09 (−0.19 to 0.00)	0.06

^*Results and tests of statistical significance based on the coefficient α in Equation (1)