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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Aff (Millwood). 2013 Aug;32(8):1416–1425. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.1416

Exhibit 1.

Characteristics Of Massachusetts Nursing Homes Participating In Consumer Satisfaction Survey, 2009

Characteristic Statistic SD or %
Satisfaction score
    Overall satisfaction, meana 4.25 (0.30)
    Overall resident needs met, meanb 4.12 (0.30)
    Would recommend to a friend, percentc 89.9 d
Nursing hours per resident day (mean)
    RNs, LPNs, LVNs 1.7 (0.5)
    RNs alone 0.8 (0.5)
      LPNs and LVNs alone 0.9 (0.3)
    Certified NAs 2.4 (0.5)
Number of deficiency citations, mean 5.4 (5.0)
Profit status, number
    For profit 303 70.8%
    Nonprofit 119 27.8%
    Government owned 6 1.4%
Certification category, number
    Medicare only 13 3.0%
    Medicaid only 7 1.6%
    Both Medicare and Medicaid 408 95.4%
Affiliated with a chain, number 224 52.3%
Number of certified beds, mean 113.1 (48.8)
Percentage of Medicare residents, mean 14.8 (11.4)
Percentage of Medicaid residents, mean 61.5 (21.1)
Percentage occupancy rate, mean 89.3 (11.7)

SOURCE Authors’ analysis of Massachusetts nursing home satisfaction survey (see Note 21 in text) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ online survey, certification, and reporting databases of 2009.

NOTES N = 428. Nursing homes serving short-term residents only did not participate in the survey; two nursing homes with missing data were also excluded. SD is standard deviation. Scores were coded on a five-point scale, with 1 meaning very dissatisfied and 5 very satisfied. RN is registered nurse. LPN is licensed practical nurse. LVN is licensed vocational nurse. NA is nursing assistant.

a

Range: 3.24–5.00.

b

Range: 3.09–5.00

c

Range: 32.0–100.0.

d

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