Exhibit 2:
Personal Protective Equipment Shortages by Facility Characteristics
| Data Reporting Period: 5/18/20–6/14/20 | Data Reporting Period: 6/24/20–7/19/20 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Facility Characteristic | Unadjusted % | Adjusted Difference (percent points) | Unadjusted % | Adjusted Difference (percent points) |
| Profit Status | ||||
| Non-Profit | 15.6 | Ref | 14.3 | Ref |
| Government Owned | 14.0 | 0.3 | 13.6 | 1.8 |
| For Profit | 23.0 | 8.1*** | 21.1 | 8.3*** |
| Bed Size | ||||
| 1–50 Beds | 20.1 | Ref | 18.7 | Ref |
| 51–100 | 21.0 | −0.9 | 19.4 | −0.1 |
| 101–150 | 20.7 | −0.5 | 19.3 | 0.9 |
| 151–200 | 20.7 | −1.2 | 18.6 | 0.3 |
| 200+ | 20.0 | −0.9 | 17.0 | 0.4 |
| Part of Chain | ||||
| No | 18.9 | Ref | 17.0 | Ref |
| Yes | 21.9 | 1 | 20.7 | 1.7** |
| % Revenue from Medicaid (quartiles) | ||||
| 1 (lowest) | 18.3 | Ref | 17.8 | Ref |
| 2 | 21.9 | 1.7 | 20.0 | 1.3 |
| 3 | 21.7 | 1.1 | 19.7 | 1.0 |
| 4 (Highest) | 20.7 | 0.3 | 19.0 | 1.0 |
| % of Residents who are non-white (quartiles) | ||||
| 1 (lowest) | 20.9 | Ref | 21.0 | Ref |
| 2 | 21.1 | 0.7 | 19.1 | −1.5 |
| 3 | 19.7 | 0.0 | 18.6 | −1.6 |
| 4 (Highest) | 21.4 | 1.3 | 18.2 | −2.0 |
| 5-star Overall Quality Score | ||||
| 1 | 20.1 | Ref | 18.4 | Ref |
| 2 | 21.7 | 0.8 | 19.1 | 0.0 |
| 3 | 21.1 | 0.5 | 19.3 | 0.4 |
| 4 | 21.2 | 0.7 | 19.8 | 1.2 |
| 5 | 19.6 | 0.9 | 18.8 | 1.7 |
| 5-star Staffing Score | ||||
| 1 (lowest) | 17.9 | Ref | 15.4 | Ref |
| 2 | 20.3 | −1 | 18.1 | 0.1 |
| 3 | 22.6 | −0.1 | 21.3 | 1.7 |
| 4 | 23.0 | 0.4 | 21.4 | 1.3 |
| 5 | 16.4 | −5.1*** | 16.3 | −2.6 |
| County COVID-19 New Case Rate | ||||
| 1 (lowest) | 21.6 | Ref | 20.2 | Ref |
| 2 | 21.0 | 0.2 | 19.5 | −0.4 |
| 3 | 19.5 | −0.3 | 18.7 | −0.8 |
| 4 (Highest) | 20.6 | −0.5 | 17.7 | 0.3 |
| Any COVID-19+ Residents | ||||
| No | 18.4 | Ref | 16.9 | Ref |
| Yes | 22.7 | 3.2*** | 20.2 | 3.1*** |
| Any COVID-19+ staff | ||||
| No | 18.5 | Ref | 16.9 | Ref |
| Yes | 21.9 | 2.5*** | 19.6 | 2.3*** |
Source- Author’s calculations using CMS COVID-19 Nursing Home Data.
Notes- Adjusted differences were calculated using linear regression models that included all characteristics listed in Exhibit 2 in addition to state fixed effects. Missing information for any of the facility characteristics was captured with a missing category not reported here. Refer to Appendix Exhibit A2 for full regression results.
**
P≤0.05;
***
P≤0.01