Table 2.
Absolute and Percentage Changes in Support Staffing Associated with Staffing Requirements
| Support Staffing (HPRD) | Activities Staff | Combined | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Housekeeping | Food Service | |||
| Average of the dependent variables | 0.541 (0.337) | 0.729 (0.469) | 0.183 (0.194) | 1.435 (0.745) |
| Change in support staff relative to 0 HPRD requirement | ||||
| Minimum direct care staffing requirement of 2 HPRD | −0.036*** | −0.021*** | −0.013*** | −0.046*** |
| −6.70% | −2.09% | −7.00% | −3.24% | |
| Minimum direct care staffing requirement of 2.5 HPRD | −0.034*** | −0.012*** | −0.013*** | −0.038*** |
| −6.28% | −1.16% | −6.95% | −2.66% | |
| Minimum direct care staffing requirement of 3 HPRD | −0.027*** | 0.003 | −0.011*** | −0.022*** |
| −5.03% | 0.35% | −6.17% | −1.52% | |
| Change in support staff associated with licensed staff | ||||
| Arkansas licensed staff change | −0.017 | −0.024 | −0.018** | −0.036 |
| −3.14% | −3.29% | −9.84% | −2.51% | |
| Delaware licensed staff change | −0.007 | 0.049 | −0.024 | 0.014 |
| −1.29% | 6.72% | −13.11% | 0.98% | |
| Delaware second licensed staff change | −0.018 | 0.075 | 0.015 | 0.099 |
| −3.33% | 10.29% | 8.20% | 6.90% | |
| Florida licensed staff change | −0.008 | −0.019 | −0.001 | −0.033 |
| −1.48% | −2.61% | −0.55% | −2.30% | |
| Ohio licensed staff change | −0.016* | −0.029*** | 0.001 | −0.039** |
| −2.96% | −3.98% | 0.55% | −2.72% | |
Note. The table reports the average of the dependent variable, the absolute and percentage change in each type of support staff associated with minimum direct care staffing requirements compared to no requirements, and the absolute and percentage change in support staff for each licensed staff requirement change. Note that percentages may be different from actual affect due to rounding.
***p < .01; **p < .05; *p < .1.