Quality of Care

  • Short-stay residents are those who spent 100 days or less in a nursing home or residents covered under the Medicare Part A Skilled Nursing Facility benefit
  • Long-stay residents are those who spent over 100 days in a nursing home
Measure Nursing Home West Virginia Nationwide
Short-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain n/a 14.0% 12.8%
Short-stay residents with pressure ulcers that are new or worsened 5.3% 1.3% 0.9%
Short-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine 95.0% 86.1% 81.8%
Short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine 87.1% 85.4% 83.3%
Short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication 9.1% 1.8% 1.9%
Short-stay residents who made improvements in function n/a 66.4% 68.0%
Long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased 16.7% 17.1% 14.9%
Long-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain 4.1% 5.6% 5.7%
High risk long-stay residents with pressure ulcers 2.9% 5.9% 5.6%
Long-stay residents who lose too much weight 8.1% 8.0% 7.0%
Low risk long-stay residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder n/a 44.1% 48.2%
Long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder none 1.5% 1.8%
Long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection 5.4% 4.0% 3.0%
Long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms none 4.0% 4.6%
Long-stay residents who were physically restrained none 0.4% 0.3%
Long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury 6.8% 4.2% 3.4%
Long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine 97.4% 97.5% 95.2%
Long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine 100.0% 97.0% 93.9%
Long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication 11.4% 14.1% 15.0%
Long-stay residents whose ability to move independently worsened 30.6% 21.4% 18.2%
Long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication 3.7% 25.4% 21.6%

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