Nurse Staffing Hours At Nursing Homes With High Concentrations Of Minority Residents, 2001-11.

ABSTRACT: Recent increases in state Medicaid payments to nursing homes have the potential to reduce disparities in nurse staffing between facilities with high and low concentrations of racial/ethnic minority residents. Analyses of nursing home and state policy survey data for the period 2001-11 suggest that registered nurse and licensed practical nurse staffing levels increased slightly during this period, regardless of racial/ethnic minority resident concentration. Adjusted disparities in registered nurse hours per resident day between nursing homes with high and low concentrations of minority residents persisted, although they were reduced. Certified nursing assistant hours per patient day increased in nursing homes with low concentrations of minorities but decreased in homes with high concentrati

SUBMITTER: Li Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5066592 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature