Raw data on nursing homes
(Data are for U.S. for year indicated)
Number of nursing homes: 18,000
Number of beds: 1.9 million
Number of current residents: 1.6 million
Average length of stay (current resident): 892 days
Number of discharged residents: 2.5 million
Average length of stay (discharged resident): 272 days
Occupancy rate: 87 percent
Source: The National Nursing Home Survey: 1999 Summary, tables 1, 11, 39