The urban-rural disparity in nursing home quality indicators: the case of facility-acquired contractures.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify and quantify the sources of the urban-rural disparity in facility-acquired contracture rates in nursing homes.

Data sources

Survey inspection data of U.S. nursing homes from 1999 to 2008 and standardized national rural definition file from the Rural-Urban Commuting Area Codes.

Study design

We estimated regressions of facility-level contracture rate as a function of urban-rural categories (urban, micropolitan, small rural town, and isolated small rural town) and other related facility characteristics to identify size of the urban-rural disparity. We used Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition techniques to determine the extent to which the disparity is attributable to the differences in facility and aggregate resident characteristics.

Principal findings<

SUBMITTER: Bowblis JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3589954 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature