indicator
Occupancy Rate
Occupancy Rate
Description
Nursing Homes Are an Important Part of the Long-Term Care System, 2026 (Occupancy Rate)
Data Source
Nursing Homes Including Rehab Services (NHIRS)
Calculation Methodology
- 1From the CMS Provider Information dataset, read monthly provider information files and extract the state column (
State), the average residents column (Average Number of Residents per Day), and the certified beds column (Number of Certified Beds) for each facility record. Exclude records where state is AS, GU, MP, PR, or VI. Coerce capacity columns to numeric, treating non-parseable entries as missing. - 2Sum total average residents per day and total certified beds by state for each month.
- 3Calculate the yearly mean of monthly totals per state to produce annualized sums.
- 4Compute the occupancy rate for each state by dividing the annualized average residents per day by the annualized certified beds.
Source Variables using this Indicator (3)
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Nursing Homes Are an Important Part of the Long-Term Care System, 2026 (Occupancy Rate)
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