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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2020 Nov 13;22(8):1714–1719.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2020.10.014

Table 1:

Descriptive Statistics for State Assisted Living Regulatory Stringency

Variables Mean Std. Dev. Minimum Maximum Median
Dependent
Admission & retention policy score 49.17 16.18 11.11 77.78 55.56
Medication management policy score 52.13 19.39 25.00 75.00 50.00
Dementia care policy score 45.74 22.34 0.00 90.00 40.00
Staffing & training policy score 60.77 13.08 31.25 87.50 62.50
Summary policy score 53.36 10.40 23.08 71.79 53.85
Independent
Average monthly AL cost (divided by 500)1 7.66 1.67 5.07 13.40 7.20
AL beds per 1000 population age >75 70.72 31.63 11.00 174.00 71.00
Pct. aged/disabled Medicaid AL users (divided by 5)1 0.73 1.26 0.00 8.18 0.35
Pct. of NHs with 4–5 star deficiencies 34.55 2.02 30.50 40.18 34.51
Total Medicaid spending on AL (divided by 100M)1 2.10 2.96 0.01 12.92 0.57
Pct. of ALs with =<25 beds 42.28 27.34 2.07 94.47 40.44

Note:

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These variables were standardized to make interpretation of the estimates easier