Table 1.

Summary of characteristics of the 26 participating nursing homes in Orange County, California

Characteristic	Median value (IQR valuea)
Annual no. of admissions	263 (138–520)
% residents of <65 years of age	22.5 (4–40)
% male	42.2 (31.6–50.3)
% education less than high school level	23.9 (7.4–34.1)
% Hispanic residents	14.3 (3.7–23)
% nonwhite residents	15.7 (7.8–21.8)
% residents admitted from a hospital	81.9 (56.6–93.8)
% residents with diabetes	26.9 (22.7–42.1)
% residents with fecal incontinence	42.2 (26.4–54.8)
% residents with skin lesions	72.2 (50–86.5)
% residents with devices	2.2 (1.2–7.1)
% residents with MRSA history	11.5 (6–19)
MRSA admission prevalence	16 (11–22)
MRSA point prevalence	26.3 (16–34)
No. of spa types per nursing home	5 (4–8)

^aIQR, interquartile range.