Table 1.
Skilled nursing facilities included in the study sample (N=14,251)a.
| Skilled nursing facility performance measures | |
| Clinical measures of post-acute care quality | |
| Percentage of post-acute care residents with delirium, median (IQR) | 0.7 (0, 2.1) |
| Percentage of post-acute care residents with moderate to severe pain, median (IQR) | 17.3 (9.3, 27.2) |
| Percentage of post-acute care residents with new or worsening pressure ulcers, median (IQR) | 12.1 (8.2, 16.7) |
| Staffing ratingb | |
| One star, n (%) | 2,742 (19.2) |
| Two stars, n (%) | 2,722 (19.1) |
| Three stars, n (%) | 3,018 (21.8) |
| Four stars, n (%) | 4,810 (33.8) |
| Five stars, n (%) | 959 (6.7) |
| Facility inspection ratingb | |
| One star, n (%) | 2,867 (20.1) |
| Two stars, n (%) | 3,331 (23.4) |
| Three stars, n (%) | 3,326 (23.3) |
| Four stars, n (%) | 3,331 (23.4) |
| Five stars, n (%) | 1,396 (9.8) |
| Skilled nursing facility characteristics | |
| Total beds | |
| 50 or fewer, n (%) | 1,533 (10.8) |
| 51–100, n (%) | 5,323 (37.4) |
| 101–150, n (%) | 4,817 (33.8) |
| 151 or more, n (%) | 2,578 (18.0) |
| Percentage of all residents covered by Medicare, median (IQR) | 12.8 (8.0, 19.4) |
| Percentage of all residents covered by Medicaid, median (IQR) | 64.3 (50.3, 74.7) |
| Percent occupied, median (IQR) | 87.4 (75.8, 93.5) |
| Part of a chain, n (%) | 8,142 (57.1) |
| Hospital based, n (%) | 742 (5.2) |
| Ownership | |
| Not-for-profit, n (%) | 3,569 (25.3) |
| For-profit, n (%) | 9,919 (70.4) |
| Government, n (%) | 597 (4.2) |
Notes:
a
For staffing and inspection ratings, five stars represent the highest category of performance. IQR: Interquartile range.