Appropriateness of Minimum Nurse Staffing Ratios in Nursing Homes Overview of the Phase II Report: Background, Study Approach, Findings, and Conclusions

Study on Staffing Requirements in Nursing Facilities.--The Secretary shall conduct a study and report to Congress no later than January 1, 1992, on the appropriateness of establishing minimum caregiver to resident ratios and minimum supervisor to caregiver ratios for skilled nursing facilities serving as providers of services under title XVIII [Medicare] of the Social Security Act and nursing facilities receiving payments under a State plan under title XIX [Medicaid] of the Social Security Act, and shall include in such study recommendations regarding appropriate minimum ratios.