Nursing Home Care
(Data are for the U.S.)
- Number of nursing homes: 16,100
- Number of beds: 1.7 million
- Occupancy rate: 86 percent
Source: 2004 National Nursing Home Survey: Facilities, table 1 [PDF - 378 KB]
- Number of current residents: 1.5 million
- Average length of time since admission (current residents): 835 days
Source: 2004 National Nursing Home Survey, Residents, table 13 [PDF - 229 KB]
More data
- End-of-Life Care in Nursing Homes: 2004 National Nursing Home Survey [PDF - 934 KB]
- Nursing homes, beds, residents, and occupancy rates, by state Health, United States, 2011, table 120 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
- Potentially Preventable Emergency Department Visits by Nursing Home Residents: United States, 2004
- Pressure Ulcers Among Nursing Home Residents: United States, 2004 [PDF - 606 KB]
- Prevalence and Management of Pain by Race and Dementia among Nursing Home Residents: United States, 2004
- Racial Differences in Functioning Among Elderly Nursing Home Residents, 2004
- Search Tables for Nursing Home in Health Data Interactive
- The National Nursing Home Survey: 2004 Overview [PDF - 2.7 MB]
- Use of Advance Directives in Long-term Care Populations
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