Table 2.
Nursing home facility characteristics of statin new users and non-users before and after propensity score matching
| No. (%)* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before Matching | After Matching | |||
| Characteristics | Statins (n=3217) | No Statins (n=7975) | Statins (n=2720) | No Statins (n=2720) |
| Ownership | ||||
| For profit | 2339 (72.7) | 5758 (72.2) | 1970 (72.4) | 1982 (72.9) |
| Not for profit | 716 (22.3) | 1726 (21.6) | 609 (22.4) | 610 (22.4) |
| Government | 162 (5.0) | 491 (6.2) | 151 (5.2) | 128 (4.7) |
| Size, No. of beds, mean (SD) | 148.6 (91.4) | 139.9 (79.8) | 147.0 (88.1) | 146.2 (88.9) |
| Occupancy, % of beds occupied, median (IQR) | 90.4 (82.3–95.0) | 90.0 (81.3–95.0) | 90.3 (82.3–95.0) | 90.5 (82.0–95.0) |
| Quality indicators | ||||
| Residents restrained, median (IQR), % | 2.8 (0.4–6.5) | 3.0 (0.4–6.8) | 2.8 (0.5–6.5) | 2.8 (0–5.7) |
| No. of quality-of-life deficiencies, mean (SD) | 0.7 (1.1) | 0.7 (1.1) | 0.7 (1.0) | 0.7 (1.0) |
| Residents with pressure sores, mean (SD), % | 7.2 (4.4) | 7.1 (4.5) | 7.1 (4.4) | 7.2 (4.4) |
| Direct care per resident per day, mean (SD), h | 3.4 (0.8) | 3.3 (0.8) | 3.4 (0.8) | 3.4 (0.8) |
| Physician staffing, median (IQR), full time equivalents per 100 beds | 0.15 (0.06–0.28) | 0.13 (0.06–0.26) | 0.14 (0.06–0.28) | 0.14 (0.06–0.27) |
Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; IQR, interquartile range.
*
Percentages have been rounded and may not total 100.