Table 1.

Characteristics of Free-Standing NHs by Concentration of Racial/Ethnic Minority Residents, 2000 to 2010.

	Concentration of racial/ethnic minority residents in NHs
	Low (<5%)	Medium (5%-15%)	Medium-high (15%-35%)	High (≥35%)
Number of observations (facility-years), number (%)	67,530 (45.80%)	32,450 (22.01%)	25,506 (17.30%)	21,949 (14.89%)
Concentration of minority residents, M ± SD, %	1.36% ± 1.54%	9.15% ± 2.87%	23.43% ± 5.73%	55.65% ± 15.71%
Number of beds, M ± SD	97.99 ± 52.77	117.15 ± 63.72	123.63 ± 59.95	134.98 ± 74.25
Chain affiliated, %	53.81%	59.52%	61.67%	58.76%
Profit status, %
For-profit	61.28%	78.04%	83.83%	85.01%
Non-for-profit	33.25%	18.43%	13.34%	12.43%
Government	5.48%	3.53%	2.84%	2.56%
Occupancy rate, M ± SD, %	86.22% ± 13.10%	84.65% ± 13.80%	84.26% ± 13.85%	85.48% ± 12.35%
Nurse staffing (hours per resident day), M ± SD
RN	0.36 ± 0.27	0.30 ± 0.24	0.27 ± 0.27	0.26 ± 0.27
LPN	0.72 ± 0.40	0.78 ± 0.35	0.80 ± 0.32	0.81 ± 0.34
Certified nursing assistant	2.22 ± 0.85	2.14 ± 0.80	2.12 ± 0.77	2.12 ± 0.79
Percentage of Medicare residents, M ± SD	11.94% ± 10.77%	13.15% ± 10.84%	12.20% ± 10.06%	10.64% ± 8.70%
Percentage of Medicaid residents, M ± SD	56.81% ± 20.94%	63.94% ± 18.57%	70.14% ± 16.48%	77.43% ± 14.88%
Case mix index, M ± SD	0.79 ± 0.07	0.80 ± 0.08	0.79 ± 0.09	0.80 ± 0.10
Percentage of female residents, M ± SD, %	75.36% ± 9.11%	72.88% ± 10.67%	68.98% ± 11.90%	62.15% ± 12.62%
Average age of residents, M ± SD	83.70 ± 4.04	80.75 ± 5.89	78.13 ± 7.32	75.02 ± 8.37
Market competition	0.77 ± 0.23	0.82 ± 0.21	0.83 ± 0.22	0.85 ± 0.23

Note. p < .001 for comparisons of all characteristics across NH groups, based on analyses of variance for continuous variables and chi-square tests for categorical variables. NH = nursing home; RN = registered nurse; LPN = licensed practical nurse.