Table 2:

Assisted Living Regulatory Stringency By Policy Domain: Multivariable Logistic Regression Odds Rations (95% CIs)

	Admission & Retention	Medication Management	Dementia Care	Staffing & Training	Overall Summary
Average monthly AL cost	0.92* (0.81–1.04)		0.83** (0.73–0.94)		0.92*** (0.86–0.97)
AL beds per 1000 population age >75	1.01* (0.99–1.01)	0.99 ** (0.98–0.99)	0.99*** (0.98–0.99)		0.99** (0.99–1.00)
Pct. aged/disabled Medicaid AL users	0.69 *** (0.54–0.91)				0.94* (0.86–1.10)
Pct. of NHs with 4–5 star deficiencies				1.09** (1.01–1.17)	1.06*** (1.03–1.12)
Total Medicaid spending on AL			1.05* (0.98–1.12)	1.05* (0.99–1.11)	1.04** (1.00–1.07)
Pct. of ALs with =<25 beds			0.99* (0.99–1.00)		0.99* (0.99–1.00)

Note: 95% Wald Confidence Limits in parentheses

^*significant at 0.1 level

^**significant at 0.05 level

^***significant at <=0.01 level