Staffing Levels and COVID-19 Cases and Outbreaks in U.S. Nursing Homes.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

Nursing homes have experienced a disproportionate share of COVID-19 cases and deaths. Early analyses indicated that baseline quality was not predictive of nursing home cases, but a more nuanced study of the role of nurse staffing is needed to target resources and better respond to future outbreaks. We sought to understand whether baseline nurse staffing is associated with the presence of COVID-19 in nursing homes and whether staffing impacts outbreak severity.

Design

We analyzed Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) facility-level data on COVID-19 cases and deaths merged with nursing home and county characteristics. We used logistic regressions to examine the associations of staffing levels from Nursing Home Compare with the outcomes of any COV

SUBMITTER: Gorges RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7436613 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature