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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 25.
Published in final edited form as: Health Aff (Millwood). 2021 May;40(5):795–801. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2020.02351

EXHIBIT 3.

EXHIBIT 3

Nurse staff hours per resident day in nursing homes located in counties with high and low numbers of COVID-19 cases per population in the first 39 weeks of 2020

SOURCE Authors’ analysis of data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Payroll-Based Journal system, and New York Times county-level cumulative COVID-19 cases through May 31, 2020 (from Social Explorer). NOTES Staff hours include hours for registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and certified nursing assistants. “High-COVID-19 counties” refers to those with more than 600 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population, and “low-COVID-19 counties” refers to those with fewer than 125 cases per 100,000 population.