Table 3
Selected measures of nursing hours in long-term care facilities, by ownership, British Columbia, 1996 to 2006

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  1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Linear
regression
coefficient
for year of
survey		 95% confidence interval
from to
Total nursing† hours per resident-day
For-profit
Mean number
 1.95 2.04 2.11 2.13 2.10 2.17 2.17 2.26 2.18 2.33 2.13 0.023 -0.001 0.047
Standard deviation
 0.62 0.49 0.61 0.54 0.52 0.71 0.63 0.73 0.76 0.76 0.84 ... ... ...
Not-for-profit non-government
Mean number
 1.99 2.05 2.18 2.27 2.34 2.36 2.36 2.37 2.37 2.58 2.48 0.051*** 0.031 0.071
Standard deviation
 0.35 0.33 0.54 0.64 0.63 0.61 0.57 0.78 0.66 0.78 0.94 ... ... ...
Not-for-profit health-region-owned
Mean number
 2.25 2.25 2.22 2.23 2.12 2.23 2.17 2.72 3.05 2.98 3.30 0.142*** 0.092 0.191
Standard deviation
 0.60 0.89 0.53 0.72 0.54 0.49 0.50 0.80 0.86 0.63 1.51 ... ... ...
Registered nurse (RN) hours per resident-day
For-profit
Mean number
 0.51 0.58 0.58 0.63 0.57 0.59 0.50 0.52 0.46 0.45 0.43 -0.014*** -0.022 -0.007
Standard deviation
 0.23 0.20 0.24 0.35 0.20 0.42 0.18 0.20 0.20 0.18 0.25 ... ... ...
Not-for-profit non-government
Mean number
 0.51 0.54 0.61 0.59 0.62 0.59 0.57 0.59 0.55 0.56 0.52 -0.0004 -0.007 0.006
Standard deviation
 0.13 0.12 0.32 0.18 0.17 0.17 0.17 0.32 0.20 0.25 0.21 ... ... ...
Not-for-profit health-region-owned
Mean number
 0.47 0.47 0.53 0.52 0.56 0.51 0.49 0.49 0.54 0.54 0.56 0.005 -0.008 0.019
Standard deviation
 0.09 0.13 0.20 0.17 0.21 0.37 0.33 0.26 0.27 0.31 0.36 ... ... ...
Registered nurse (RN) hours/ Total nursing† hours
For-profit
Mean proportion
 0.27 0.28 0.28 0.30 0.27 0.29 0.24 0.23 0.26 0.24 0.27 -0.004 -0.010 0.002
Standard deviation
 0.10 0.07 0.12 0.15 0.07 0.18 0.07 0.08 0.22 0.19 0.28 ... ... ...
Not-for-profit non-government
Mean proportion
 0.26 0.27 0.29 0.27 0.28 0.26 0.26 0.25 0.25 0.24 0.28 -0.002 -0.007 0.003
Standard deviation
 0.09 0.05 0.14 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.11 0.12 0.15 0.16 0.26 ... ... ...
Not-for-profit health-region-owned
Mean proportion
 0.22 0.22 0.28 0.25 0.28 0.23 0.23 0.20 0.21 0.19 0.28 -0.004 -0.012 0.005
Standard deviation
 0.07 0.08 0.23 0.11 0.14 0.18 0.16 0.12 0.16 0.11 0.31 ... ... ...
Total therapist‡ and activity aide hours per resident-day
For-profit
Mean number
 0.15 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.12 0.11 0.12 0.10 0.11 0.12 -0.004** -0.007 -0.001
Standard deviation
 0.13 0.05 0.07 0.06 0.05 0.06 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.07 0.07 ... ... ...
Not-for-profit non-government
Mean number
 0.19 0.17 0.19 0.18 0.19 0.18 0.17 0.17 0.20 0.18 0.18 -0.001 -0.005 0.004
Standard deviation
 0.15 0.08 0.19 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.09 0.08 0.25 0.09 0.10 ... ... ...
Not-for-profit health-region-owned
Mean number
 0.20 0.10 0.15 0.27 0.31 0.22 0.21 0.23 0.22 0.20 0.22 -0.001 -0.014 0.012
Standard deviation
 0.14 0.08 0.09 0.38 0.43 0.08 0.11 0.09 0.14 0.14 0.13 ... ... ...
** p<0.01, ***p<0.001
† registered nurses. licensed practical nurses, care aides
‡ occupational, physical and recreation therapy
... not applicable
Source: 1996 to 2006 Residential Care Facilities Survey.