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An Overview of Nursing Home Facilities: Data from the 1997 National Nursing Home Survey Advance Data 311. An Overview of Nursing Home Facilities: Data from the 1997 National Nursing Home Survey. 12 pp. (PHS) 2000-1250View/download PDF 217 KB In 1997, there were an estimated 1.6 million current residents and 2.4 million discharges from 17,000 nursing homes nationwide. The average number of beds per nursing home was 107 with an occupancy rate of 88 percent. The majority of nursing home residents and discharges were elderly, white, and female. These facilities were predominately proprietary and certified by both Medicare and Medicaid. Data Highlights:
Keywords: nursing homes, current residents, discharges
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