TABLE 2.

Responses to Survey Questions, Overall and by State

	Total Responders (N=360)		AR (N=92)		PA (N=268)		p value
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Frequency of morbidly obese patient referrals to NH*
Daily	7	1.9%	2	2.2%	5	1.9%	<0.0001
Weekly	67	18.6%	6	6.5%	61	22.8%
Bi-weekly	51	14.2%	7	7.6%	44	16.4%
Monthly	105	29.2%	36	39.1%	69	25.8%
Quarterly	39	10.8%	16	17.4%	23	8.6%
Yearly	30	8.3%	11	12.0%	19	7.1%
No response/Unclear response	54	15.0%	13	14.1%	41	15.3%
Never	5	1.4%	0	0.0%	5	1.9%
Patient size acts as an admission barrier to NH facility
No	119	33.1%	35	38.%	84	31.3%	0.27
Yes	238	66.1%	57	62.0%	181	67.5%
Morbidly obese patient's degree of independence acts as an admission barrier to NH facility
No	184	51.1%	48	52.2%	136	50.8%	0.89
Yes	173	48.1%	44	47.8%	129	48.1%
Morbidly obese patient's finances acts as an admission barrier to NH facility
Never	106	29.4%	23	25.0%	83	31.0%	0.68
Occasionally	131	36.4%	37	40.2%	94	35.1%
Often	64	17.8%	18	19.6%	46	17.2%
Always	43	11.9%	11	12.0%	32	11.9%
Morbidly obese patient's personal care requirements act as an admission barrier to NH facility
No	288	80.0%	72	78.3%	216	80.6%	0.38
Yes	66	18.3%	20	21.7%	46	17.2%
Frequency of refusing NH admission due to morbid obesity*
Never	94	26.1%	29	31.5%	65	24.3%	0.04
Occasionally	209	58.1%	56	60.9%	153	57.1%
Often	28	7.8%	4	4.4%	24	9.0%
Always	21	5.8%	1	1.1%	20	7.5%
Is staffing adequate at NH facility to care for morbidly obese patients*
No	113	31.4%	18	19.6%	95	35.5%	0.01
Yes	232	64.4%	67	72.8%	165	61.6%
Are there concerns of specialized equipment at NH facility to care for morbidly obese patients
No	103	28.6%	25	27.2%	78	29.1%	0.97
Yes	245	68.1%	60	65.2%	185	69.0%

Key:

^*- Statistically significant results at alpha of 0.05 NH=Nursing Homes, AR=Arkansas, PA=Pennsylvania, n=number