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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain Symptom Manage. 2015 Jul 3;50(5):622–629. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2015.06.006

Table 2.

Descriptive Statistics of the OSCAR Data for the 51 Nursing Home Facilities: Indiana and National Comparisons

Study Facilities
Characteristics Mean (SD); Range All Indiana Facilities U.S. Facilities
% Reporting moderate pain 6.0 (4.3); 0.0–18.5 10.5 (7.8) 10.7 (8.2)
Occupancy rate (%) 78.5 (18.9) 78.8 (16.1) 82.5 (15.4)
Total beds in facility 109.3 (36.7); 44–185 97.9 (46.4); 13–334 106.5 (62.7); 1–1389
% Medicaid 66.7 (13.5); 0.0–89.6 59.9 (23.1); 0–100 59.9 (23.6); 0–100
% Medicare 15.3 (8.0); 0.0–44.3 18.1 (16.2); 0–100 15.8 (16.2); 0–100
% Receiving hospice benefit 4.1 (3.2); 0.0–14.0 4.8 (5.1); 0–50 4.9 (5.5); 0–97.1
Total RN + LPN FTES/100 beds
 (adjusted)
20.9 (4.7); 9.2–34.2 19.8 (8.7); 1.4–80.4 21.4 (33.4); 0–3029
Total nurse aide FTES/100 beds
 (adjusted)
29.0 (11.3); 6.9–58.0 29.5 (14.5); 1.3–108 36.3 (21.4); 0–1192.5
% RN of licensed staff 29.2 (12.2); 4.7–61.5 28.4 (14.3); 0–100 33.5 (20.1); 0–100
Star rating, n (%)
 1 5 (9.8) 70 (13.8) 2326 (14.9)
 2 6 (11.8) 105 (20.7) 3118 (19.9)
 3 12 (23.5) 108 (21.3) 3261 (20.9)
 4 17 (33.3) 139 (27.4) 4258 (27.3)
 5 11 (21.6) 79 (15.6) 2516 (16.1)
% Reporting ≥50% dementia, n (%) 34 (66.7) 50 (50) 47 (50)

RN = registered nurse; LPN = licensed practical nurse; FTES = full-time equivalent staff