Table 2.

Characteristics of Nursing Homes Where Medicare Beneficiaries With a Dementia and/or Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis Were Admitted, by Race and Ethnic Group (n = 268,181).

	Whites	African Americans	Hispanics
% Hispanic residents	2.57 (6.39)	4.30 (8.57)	28.71 (29.22)
% African American residents	7.37 (11.08)	35.36 (25.80)	11.17 (14.48)
Alzheimer’s special care unit	21.47 (41.06)	16.29 (36.93)	12.72 (33.33)
For profit	69.44 (46.06)	79.67 (40.25)	81.64 (38.71)
Part of a chain	58.24 (49.32)	60.02 (48.98)	49.74 (50.00)
% Medicaid primary payer	53.19 (22.78)	62.38 (21.79)	60.07 (21.53)
Rehospitalization rate	17.07 (4.66)	19.07 (4.51)	18.11 (4.40)
CMS nursing home star rating	3.54 (1.30)	3.26 (1.33)	3.52 (1.32)

Note. Authors’ analysis 2014 of the Minimum Data Set, the Master Beneficiary Summary File, the Certification and Survey Provider Enhanced Reporting system, and Long-Term Care: Facts on Care in the US. Differences across groups are jointly significant at the p < .001 level. CMS = Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.