Staffing and Worker Injury in Nursing Homes
Objectives. We examined the relationship between nursing home staffing levels
and worker injury rates in 445 nursing homes in 3 states.
Methods.
from 3 states (Ohio, West Virginia, and Maryland) for the year 2000. We then
linked these data to Medicare’s Online Survey, Certification and Reporting system
to obtain nursing home staffing details and organizational descriptors. We used
ordinary least squares and log-transformed regression models to examine the association
between worker injury rate and nursing home staffing and organizational
characteristics.We obtained First Reports of Injury and workers’ compensation data
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