Table 2.
Summary Statistics for the Covariates.
| Covariates | CON States | Non-CON States | Mann–Whitney U Test |
|---|---|---|---|
| Occupancy Rates | 81% (17.27) |
79% (18.68) |
*** |
| Population | 485,000 (836,335) |
1,740,358 (2,290,548) |
*** |
| Retirement Income | 22,054 (4559) |
23,490 (4478) |
*** |
| Family Income | 79,100 (21,589) |
83,840 (18,639) |
*** |
| Health Insured | 87.0% (4.66) |
83.6% (5.80) |
** |
| Unemployment Rate | 6.0% (1.49) |
5.7% (1.57) |
*** |
| Disability | 13.6% (4.77) |
11.7% (3.84) |
*** |
| Property Value | 170,500 (96,157) |
223,677 (148,647) |
*** |
| Reimbursement Rate | 60% (7.38) |
57% (6.04) |
* |
| Population over 65 | 15.0% (5.17) |
13.3% (4.86) |
** |
| Population over 85 | 2.0% (0.34) |
1.7% (0.38) |
*** |
| White | 75.7% (8.88) |
75.0% (9.60) |
*** |
| Black | 15.0% (8.66) |
7.7% (3.25) |
*** |
| Minority | 9.3% (5.05) |
17.5% (10.15) |
*** |
| Female LFPR | 58.5% (3.05) |
58.7% (2.95) |
|
| Number of States | 34 | 14 |
Notes: Data were reported for each nursing home, after which the averages were calculated for CON and non-CON states. The numbers in parentheses are standard errors. ***(**)[*] indicates the 0.001(0.01)[0.05] level of significance for the Mann–Whitney U test.