Daily Variation in Nursing Home Staffing and Its Association With Quality Measures.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Average staffing measures are a focus of nursing homes' quality assessments and reporting. They may, however, mask daily variation in staffing, additional information that could be important for understanding nursing home quality and relative ranking.

Objective

To examine daily variation in staffing, its association with quality, and whether daily variation provides information regarding quality ranking of nursing homes over and above the information provided by average staffing levels.

Design, setting, and participants

This quality improvement study included registered nurses (RNs) and certified nurse aide (CNAs) at 13 339 certified nursing homes throughout the United States during 2017 to 2018. Retrospective analyses of the Payroll-Based Journal, Medicare

SUBMITTER: Mukamel DB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9907340 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature