Appendix Table 1.

First stage: OLS regression of % of black among NH residents onto other NH characteristics

VARIABLES	(1) % of black in NH	(2) % of black in NH
% of black in the zip code of the NH	0.586*** [65.56]	0.556*** [64.30]
% of black in the nearest four zip codes of the NH	0.470*** [48.99]	0.469*** [50.92]
Number of CNAs per bed	−3.749*** [−7.049]	−4.105*** [−7.734]
Number of RNs per bed	−9.086*** [−8.425]	8.979*** [6.875]
Number of LPNs per bed	7.423*** [6.031]	10.22*** [8.429]
Average RUGS-III case-mix index	3.560*** [4.883]	3.432*** [4.617]
Occupancy rate	−3.373*** [−5.465]	−3.839*** [−6.338]
Total number of beds	0.0194*** [14.49]	0.0127*** [9.628]
% of Medicaid residents		0.112*** [26.48]
Multi-facility		0.765*** [4.526]
For profit		2.342*** [11.99]
Hospital based		0.749** [2.157]
ProPac acuity index		0.00151 [0.437]
Deficiency score		0.183*** [10.42]
Constant	0.588 [0.705]	−9.634*** [−11.22]
Observations	15,805	15,805
R-squared	0.678	0.703

Note: Robust t-statistics are in the brackets.