Medicare and Medicaid Nursing Home Quality Metrics

Nursing Home Compare contains information on over 15,000 Medicare and Medicaid-certified nursing homes nationwide. The dataset is used to compare the quality of care at these facilities and is provided by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Use Cases

• Compare quality metrics across over 15,000 nursing homes to identify high-performing facilities.
• Analyze performance and quality indicators for Veteran-affiliated nursing homes.
• Track changes in nursing home quality over time using the last updated date of 2025-08-02.

Strengths

• Covers over 15,000 nursing homes, providing a national scope.
• Official data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, ensuring authority.
• Regularly updated, with a last recorded update in August 2025.

Limitations

• Specific column names and data structure are unknown, complicating analysis.
• Data is provided in HTML format, which is not ideal for direct computational use.
• The sample data and total row count are unavailable, limiting preliminary assessment.

Provenance

Source

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services via the Medicare.gov Nursing Home Compare Website.

Collection Method

Official administrative data collected for Medicare and Medicaid certification.

Freshness

Last updated on 2025-08-02.

Geography

Nationwide coverage of the United States.