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Compare nursing homes

A maximum of four homes, side by side. Each figure has the median of the state below it.

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  1. Find a place: type a ZIP Code, a city or a county in the search field, or browse by state.
  2. In the table of homes, select "Add to compare" for each home. The list holds four homes.
  3. Select "Open compare", or come back to this page.
Star rating
CMS gives each home 1 to 5 stars for health inspections, for staffing and for quality measures, and one overall rating.
Survey cycle
CMS keeps the last three cycles, and cycle 1 is the latest. A cycle has one standard survey. Citations from complaint and infection control inspections go into cycles of 12 months.
Hours per resident per day
The nurse hours for one resident on an average day. CMS calculates the figure from the hours that the home reports for a quarter.
Median
The middle value of the homes in a group. One half of the homes are at or below it.

The list of homes stays in this browser. The address of this page holds the list, so you can send it as a link. CMS processed the data on .