Table II.
Summary statistics based on the 2000–2005 national sample
| Variables | Mean (standard deviation) |
|---|---|
| Facility-level variables (quarterly data) | |
| Total quarterly admissions | 48.4 (48.8) |
| Medicaid | 3.8 (5.5) |
| Medicare | 31.9 (34.7) |
| Private pay | 12.7 (18.9) |
| Medicaid county share of new admissions | 18.3 (28.1) |
| Medicare HRR share of new admissions | 2.1 (3.4) |
| Private-pay county share of new admissions | 19.0 (27.9) |
| Number of regulatory deficiencies | 6.2 (5.6) |
| Licensed nurses only | 1.5 (7.2) |
| CNAs only | 2.5 (6.5) |
| Government facility | 0.06 (0.24) |
| Not-for-profit facility | 0.28 (0.45) |
| For-profit facility | 0.66 (0.48) |
| Number of beds | 102.9 (66.8) |
| County-level control variables (annual data) | |
| County population in 1000s | 96.5 (304.2) |
| Proportion of county population, female | 50.5 (1.8) |
| Proportion of county population, male and age 65 years and older | 6.3 (1.8) |
| Proportion of county population, female and age 65 years and older | 8.6 (2.3) |
| Proportion of county population, non-Hispanic White | 82.0 (18.2) |
| Proportion of county population, non-Hispanic Black | 8.8 (14.4) |
| Proportion of county population, Hispanic of any race | 5.9 (11.3) |
| Proportion of county population in poverty | 13.2 (5.4) |
| Unemployment rate | 4.4 (1.6) |
| Median household income in $1000s | 36.4 (8.9) |
| # of hospital beds per 1000 county residents | 26.9 (30.4) |
| # of nurses per 1000 county residents | 29.2 (27.3) |
HRR, hospital referral region; CNAs, certified nursing aides.