Table 1. Comparisons of selected nursing home characteristics for the primary sample and the remaining secondary sample facilities: 1980.

Nursing home characteristics	Primary sample		Secondary sample		Significance 1
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Occupancy rate	74	92.7	83	90.9	2.152
Percent Medicaid patients	74	69.5	83	70.9	2.305
Facility bed size
Total	74	100.0	83	100.0	.102
0-60 beds	28	37.8	25	30.1
61-120 beds	26	35.1	43	51.8
121 beds or more	20	27.0	15	18.1
Type of control
Total	74	100.0	83	100.0	.060
Forprofit	49	66.2	66	79.5
Nonprofit	25	33.8	17	20.5
SMSA designation
Total	74	100.0	83	100.0	.303
Rural	29	39.2	26	31.3
Metropolitan	45	60.8	57	68.7
Certification level
Total	74	100.0	83	100.0	.863
Skilled	23	31.1	29	34.9
Intermediate	14	18.9	14	16.9
Skilled and intermediate	37	50.0	40	48.2
Type of facility
Total	74	100.0	83	100.0	.983
Freestanding	65	87.8	73	88.0
Hospital-based	9	12.2	10	12.0

¹Exact p-value for the chi-square test (unless otherwise noted).

²Exact p-value listed for the Wilcoxon two-sample test is presented since the variable was not normally distributed (as indicated by the Kolmo-gorov-Smirnov test).

SOURCES: Colorado Department of Social Services, Denver, Colorado: Medicaid Cost Reports, 1980.

Colorado Department of Health, Denver, Colorado: Directory of Licensed Health Facilities, 1980.