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Data journalism · Deficiencies · ElderCareCosts Research
Severe Nursing Home Deficiency Rates by State
No severe deficiency counts are loaded on nursing home quality snapshots yet.
What the numbers mean
severe_deficiency_count follows CMS health deficiency scope/severity letters G through L on the quality snapshot.
Share means facilities with a severe count greater than zero, divided by facilities with a non-null severe count in this period.
Chart
No severe deficiency counts are loaded on nursing home quality snapshots yet.
Data table
Source: CMS Nursing Home Health Deficiencies, 2026-06-01. Live figures on the data journalism hub.
Methodology
severe_deficiency_count reflects CMS scope/severity letters G through L on the quality snapshot.
Share = facilities with severe count > 0 divided by facilities with a non-null severe count.
Limits
Severe citations are serious public records. This page reports counts and rates, not courtroom conclusions.
States with fewer than 10 scored facilities are omitted.
Sources
- CMS Nursing Home Health Deficiencies: Item-level citations and severe (G-L) deficiency counts
- CMS Nursing Home Provider Information: Nursing home directory rows, ownership type, and quality snapshot fields
- Queryable cut: ElderCareCosts Neon tables
providers,organizations,provider_quality,provider_inspections(is_demo = false).
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