Table 1.

Population characteristics of U.S. nursing home residents in 2004, by diagnosis of serious mental illness

Characteristic	Total (N=13,507; pop. 1,492,207)		Serious mental illness (N=1,769; pop. 198,728)		No serious mental illness (N=11,738; pop. 1,293,479)		p
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Age (M±SD)	80.4±.2		75.7±.5		81.1±.2		<.001
Female		71.2		68.0		71.6	.007
Race or ethnicity							.020
Non-Hispanic white		82.1		80.2		82.5
African American		12.3		13.3		12.1
Hispanic		3.8		5.3		3.5
Other		1.8		1.2		1.9
Married at admission		20.1		15.2		20.9	<.001
Veteran		6.8		7.5		6.7	.294
Length of stay {grtr/eq ≥}6 months		70.0		78.0		68.7	<.001
Payment source				<.001
Medicare		6.5		3.8		6.9
Medicaid		57.7		68.7		56.0
Private insurance		7.3		5.0		7.6
Other		28.6		22.5		29.5
Number of impaired activities of daily living (M±SD)	16.5±.1		14.6±.3		16.8±.1		<.001
Depressed mood		42.4		54.7		40.6	<.001
Any behavioral symptoms		27.6		43.2		25.2	<.001
Dementia		18.2		21.2		17.7	.008
Cancer		8.2		5.4		8.6	<.001
Heart disease		20.6		16.7		21.2	<.001
Chronic pulmonary disease		13.2		16.2		12.7	<.001
Asthma		2.5		2.5		2.6	.830
Diabetes		24.2		23.3		24.4	.395
Chronic renal disease		2.3		1.5		2.4	.049
Receiving hospice care		2.5		2.3		2.5	.617
Had hospital emergency department visit in past 90 days		8.3		7.8		8.4	.545
Had hospital admission in past 90 days		6.8		6.3		6.9	.339
For-profit nursing home		61.7		71.3		60.3	<.001
Number of nursing home beds							.846
<50		4.2		3.6		4.3
50–99		28.3		28.1		28.3
100–199		52.9		3.2		52.9
{grtr/eq ≥}200		14.7		15.1		14.6
Location							.229
Metropolitan statistical area		75.7		77.3		75.4
Micropolitan statistical area		13.4		13		13.5
Rural area		10.9		9.6		11.1