Trends in Supply of Nursing Home Beds, 2011-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Nursing homes play a vital role in providing postacute and long-term care for individuals whose needs cannot be met in the home or community. Whether the supply of nursing home beds and, specifically, the supply of high-quality beds has kept pace with the growth of the older adult population is unknown.

Objective

To describe changes in the supply of population-adjusted nursing home beds from 2011 to 2019.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study examines changes in the population-adjusted supply of nursing home beds across all US counties from 2011 to 2019 and describes county and nursing home characteristics where the supply of nursing home beds has increased vs decreased.

Main outcomes and measures

Number of nursing home beds ad

SUBMITTER: Miller KEM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9978943 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature