Table 2.

Pooled Cross-Sectional Regressions of Nursing Home Quality and Lawsuits, 1997–2005

Key Coefficient	Dependent Variable
	Lawsuit	Total Staffing Hours per Resident-Day	Ratio of RN to Total Staffing Hours	Percent of Residents with Pressure Sores
Lawsuit	n/a	−0.098 (0.024)***	−0.013 (0.002)***	−0.016 (0.081)
Total staffing hours per resident-day	−0.009 (0.002)***	n/a	n/a	n/a
Ratio of RN to total staffing hours	−0.160 (.026)***	n/a	n/a	n/a
Percent of residents with pressure sores	−.0001 (0.0006)	n/a	n/a	n/a

Standard errors in parentheses. All regressions controlled for year and resident case mix.

^***Significant at 1%.