Abstract Background and Objectives Despite concerns about the adequacy of nursing home
(NH) staffing, the federal agency responsible for NH certification and regulation has never …

Seventy-five percent of US nursing home (NH) residents live in facilities that do not have
sufficient nurse staffing to provide residents with a safe environment and meet their care …

A growing body of evidence links nursing staffing levels in nursing homes with quality of
care. Indeed, the relationship between nurse staffing and patient care is not restricted to …

Many US nursing homes have serious quality problems, in part, because of inadequate
levels of nurse staffing. This commentary focuses on two issues. First, there is a need for …

Between 1999 and 2007, Florida implemented two initiatives combining legislative,
regulatory, and reimbursement strategies to increase nurse staffing levels in nursing homes …

Objective To examine the relationships between nursing staffing levels and nursing home
deficiencies. Methods This panel data analysis employed random-effect models that …

The experts concluded that current data show that the average nursestaffing levels (for RNs,
LVN/LPNs, and NAs) in nursing homes are too lowin some facilities to provide high quality of …

Minimum-Staffing Rules for US Nursing Homes — Opportunities and Challenges | New England
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Staffing is the dominant input in the production of nursing home services. Because of
concerns about understaffing in many US nursing homes, a number of states have adopted …

Objective: We examined the impact of state Medicaid payment rates and case-mix
reimbursement on direct care staffing levels in US nursing homes. Methods: We used a …