Table 4.
Characteristics of Nursing Home Samples
| Ownership | National Sample |
Study Sample |
|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | |
| For-profit | ||
| corporation | 8558 (57.7) | 448 (54.9) |
| Individual | 535 (3.6) | 25 (3.1) |
| Limited liability | 104 (0.7) | 6 (0.7) |
| Partnership | 1123 (7.6) | 64 (7.9) |
| Government | ||
| City | 86 (0.6) | 0 |
| City/County | 94 (0.6) | 3 (0.4) |
| County | 456 (3.1) | 3 (0.4) |
| Federal | 6 (0.04) | 0 |
| Hospital district | 131 (0.9) | 0 |
| State | 149 (1) | 0 |
| Nonprofit | ||
| Church related | 663 (4.5) | 43 (5.3) |
| Corporation | 2645 (17.8) | 211 (25.9) |
| Other | 288 (1.9) | 12 (1.5) |
| *Region | ||
| Metro (>50 000) | 9448 (63.8) | 478 (58.7) |
| Micro (10 000–49 999) | 2186 (14.8) | 126 (15.5) |
| Small town (2500–9999) | 1801 (12.2) | 114 (14) |
| Rural (<2500) | 1373 (9.3) | 97 (12) |
| *Bed size | ||
| >120 | 4354 (29.4) | 191 (23.4) |
| 60–120 | 7580 (51.1) | 472 (57.9) |
| <60 | 2903 (19.6) | 152 (18.6) |