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Publication Date: June 2002
Publisher: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
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Research Area: Health
Type: Brief
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
This policy brief describes the current federal staffing requirements and how states separately regulate staffing levels in nursing homes. It also presents data showing actual staffing levels in over half of this country's nursing homes exceed the elvels that states and the federal government require.