Table 1.
Connecticut Nursing Home and County Characteristics by Nursing Home Quartile Groups of Proportion of Racial and Ethnic Minority Residents
| Nursing Home Characteristic | All Nursing Homes (n=211) | Nursing Homes by Proportion of Racial and Ethnic Minority Residentsa |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low (<2.70%), (n=50) | Medium (2.70%–8.95%) (n=56) | Medium–High (8.95%–21.7%), (n=53) |
High (≥21.7%), (n=52) |
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| % of racial and ethnic minority residents, mean ± SD | 14.7 ± 15.6 | 1.0 ± 0.9 | 5.3 ± 2.0 | 14.6 ± 3.6 | 38.0 ± 12.4 |
| Total no. of beds, mean ± SD | 120.4 ± 58.6 | 96.0 ± 56.0 | 117.8 ± 51.1 | 122.2 ± 54.6 | 144.6 ± 62.6 |
| No. of residents, mean ± SD | 103.7 ± 50.3 | 87.7 ± 50.0 | 101.9 ± 44.8 | 103.3 ± 47.1 | 121.0 ± 53.8 |
| For-profit ownership, no. (%) | 176 (83.4) | 32 (64.0) | 45 (80.4) | 48 (90.6) | 51 (98.1) |
| Chain affiliated, no. (%) | 109 (51.7) | 18 (36.0) | 29 (51.8) | 28 (52.8) | 34 (65.4) |
| % of Medicaid residents, mean ± SD | 64.6 ± 21.1 | 56.5 ± 25.1 | 60.5 ± 17.7 | 64.3 ± 22.3 | 77.2 ± 11.2 |
| % of Medicare residents, mean ± SD | 15.0 ± 11.4 | 15.6 ± 10.5 | 17.0 ± 13.3 | 15.6 ± 12.5 | 11.4 ± 7.7 |
| Case mix index score, mean ± SD | 1.1 ± 0.1 | 1.2 ± 0.1 | 1.1 ± 0.1 | 1.1 ± 0.1 | 1.1 ± 0.1 |
| Adj. RN hours per resident day, mean ± SD | 0.8 ± 0.5 | 1.1 ± 0.8 | 0.9 ± 0.3 | 0.8 ± 0.3 | 0.7 ± 0.2 |
| Adj. total nurse hours per resident day, mean ± SD | 3.9 ± 0.8 | 4.2 ± 1.2 | 3.9 ± 0.6 | 3.9 ± 0.5 | 3.7 ± 0.5 |
| No. of healthcare deficiencies, mean ± SD | 7.0 ± 4.9 | 4.9 ± 3.0 | 6.3 ± 5.0 | 7.9 ± 4.6 | 8.9 ± 5.5 |
| County characteristic, mean ± SD | |||||
| Total no. of COVID-19 cases as of June 11, ×1,000 | 9.2 ± 5.4 | 7.6 ± 5.7 | 8.3 ± 5.8 | 9.7.9 ± 5.3 | 11.1 ± 4.2 |
| Total no. of COVID-19 deaths as of June 11, ×1,000 | 0.8 ± 0.5 | 0.7 ± 0.5 | 0.8 ± 0.5 | 0.9 ± 0.5 | 1.1 ± 0.4 |
| Total population, ×100,000 | 7.0 ± 3.2 | 6.0 ± 3.6 | 6.5 ± 3.4 | 7.2 ± 3.0 | 8.2 ± 2.2 |
Note. SD, standard deviation; RN, registered nurse.
a
All P values were <.01 for comparisons of group differences based on analyses of variance for continuous variables, and χ2 tests for categorical variables.