Table 1.
Residential care facilities characteristics by electronic health record (EHR) strata
| Descriptive results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total sample (N=2302) | Comparison by strata | |||
| EHR users (n=69) | EHR non-users (n=2233) | χ2 or t | ||
| Organizational size | 31.4*** | |||
| Small (4–10 beds) | 49.6 | 48.8 | 49.6 | |
| Medium (11–24 beds) | 15.9 | 21.6 | 15.7 | |
| Large (24–100 beds) | 27.8 | 22.7 | 27.9 | |
| Extra-large (100+ beds) | 6.7 | 6.9 | 6.7 | |
| Chain: chain member | 37.7 | 40.0 | 37.6 | 2.4 |
| Ownership: non-profit | 17.6 | 20.3 | 17.5 | 4.9* |
| Medicaid participation | 49.7 | 63.1 | 49.3 | 75.7*** |
| Facility location: urban | 75.1 | 75.4 | 75.1 | 0.14 |
| Occupancy rate | 114.9*** | |||
| 1.0–65% occupancy | 21.6 | 10.3 | 21.9 | |
| 65.01–80% occupancy | 25.5 | 36.6 | 25.2 | |
| 80.1–95% occupancy | 27.7 | 25.6 | 27.8 | |
| 95.1–100% occupancy | 25.2 | 27.5 | 25.1 | |
| Staffing measures | ||||
| HPPD RN | 84.96*** | |||
| 0 HPPD | 61.3 | 48.8 | 61.7 | |
| <0.125 | 20.9 | 25.0 | 20.7 | |
| 0.125–0.249 HPPD | 8.5 | 14.1 | 8.3 | |
| >0.5 | 9.1 | 12.1 | 8.9 | |
| HPPD LPN | 21.51** | |||
| 0 HPPD | 66.5 | 67.5 | 66.5 | |
| <0.125 | 10.6 | 9.7 | 10.7 | |
| 0.125–0.249 HPPD | 8.8 | 5.8 | 8.9 | |
| >0.5 | 13.9 | 17.1 | 13.8 | |
| HPPD PCA | 49.9*** | |||
| 0 HPPD | 5.2 | 2.5 | 5.3 | |
| <1 | 16 | 12.6 | 15.9 | |
| 1–1.999 HPPD | 26.4 | 25.2 | 26.5 | |
| 2–2.999 HPPD | 18.5 | 13.8 | 18.6 | |
| 3 or more HPPD | 33.6 | 41.0 | 33.3 | |
| Resident demographics | ||||
| Percent female (mean, SD) | (68.2, 92.1) | (69.4, 67.8) | (66.9, 110.6) | 0.41 |
| Percent Caucasian (mean, SD) | (88.5, 79.6) | (87.7, 96.2) | (86.4, 91.2) | 0.33 |
Data source was the National Survey of Residential Care Facilities, 2010.
*p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.
HPPD, hours per patient day; LPN, licensed practical nurse; PCA, personal care aide; RN, registered nurse.