Table 3. Number and percent of skilled nursing facilities, beds, and Medicare patient days, by type of ownership and facility: Fiscal year 1980.

Type of ownership and facility	Medicare-certified facilities		Medicare-certified beds		Medicare patient days		Total patient days
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	3,492	100.00	276,986	100.00	7,359,135	100.00	94,497,364	100.00
Hospital-based	488	13.98	28,465	10.27	1,467,738	19.94	9,291,636	9.83
Freestanding	3,004	86.02	248,521	90.73	5,891,397	80.06	85,205,728	90.17
Proprietary (total)	2,318	66.38	176,077	3.57	4,779,656	64.95	60,070,063	63.57
Hospital-based	40	1.15	2,088	.75	216,341	2.94	662,671	.70
Freestanding	2,278	65.23	173,989	62.82	4,563,315	62.01	59,407,392	62.87
Nonprofit (total)	854	24.46	67,323	24.31	1,966,745	26.72	22,953,749	24.29
Hospital-based	283	8.10	14,742	5.32	918,865	12.48	4,772,837	5.05
Freestanding	571	16.35	52,581	18.98	1,047,880	14.24	18,180,912	19.24
Government (total)	320	9.16	33,586	12.12	612,734	8.33	11,473,552	12.14
Hospital-based	165	4.73	11,635	4.20	332,532	4.52	3,856,128	4.08
Freestanding	155	4.44	21,951	7.92	280,202	3.81	7,617,424	8.06

SOURCE: The Urban Institute: Data from the Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility Study, 1983.