Nursing Homes: Quality of Care More Related to Staffing than Spending
GAO-02-431R Nursing Homes: Quality of Care More Related to Staffing than Spending Since 1990, national expenditures for nursing home care have almost doubled, climbing from $53 billion to $92 billion in 2000. An increasing amount of that spending has been financed with public monies. Under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, the federal government financed 39 percent of the nation's nursing home spending in 2000, up from 28 percent in 1990. As federal outlays have grown, the Congress has focused attention on the quality of care delivered and the level of staffing in nursing homes. Questions have arisen . . .
