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Table 1 Greater Manchester care homes by service type and tracker adoption

From: The use and impact of digital COVID-19 tracking in adult social care: a prospective cohort study of care homes in Greater Manchester

 

All care homes

Care homes not adopting tracker

Care homes adopting tracker

P-value of difference\(^a\)

Number of care homes

547

408

139

.

Number of occupied beds per home per day\(^b\)  

28.61

27.45

31.82

0.00

Number of available beds per home per day\(^b\)

5.20

4.84

6.16

0.00

Number of workers per home per day\(^b\)

38.57

37.48

41.57

0.00

Number of staff self-isolating per home per day\(^b\)

0.92

0.84

1.14

0.00

Number of COVID-19 cases per 100 beds per day\(^b\)

1.95

1.94

1.98

0.36

Care homes with PPE supply of less than a week (%)\(^b\)

27.12

25.83

30.71

0.27

Care homes with PPE supply of one to four weeks (%)\(^b\)

67.80

69.05

64.29

0.34

Care homes with PPE supply of more than a month (%)\(^b\)

5.08

5.12

5.00

.

Care homes with new admissions status: no issue (%)\(^b\)

41.81

47.06

27.14

0.00

Care homes with new admissions status: limited capacity (%)\(^b\)

22.79

17.65

37.14

0.00

Care homes with new admissions status: emergencies only (%)\(^b\)

0.38

0.51

0.00

.

Care homes with new admissions status: not possible (%)\(^b\)

35.03

34.78

35.71

0.84

Care homes providing residential services only (%)\(^c\)

66.09

67.37

62.50

0.34

Not-for-profit care homes (%)\(^c\)

12.02

12.89

9.56

0.36

Branded (chain ownership) care homes (%)\(^c\)

33.53

29.47

44.85

0.00

Care homes with CQC rating: inadequate (%)\(^c\)

0.80

0.82

0.74

.

Care homes with CQC rating: requires improvement (%)\(^c\)

17.37

16.12

20.74

0.23

Care homes with CQC rating: good (%)\(^c\)

78.44

80.05

74.07

0.18

Care homes with CQC rating: outstanding (%)\(^c\)

3.39

3.01

4.44

0.41

Care homes with residents with learning disability/autism (%)\(^c\)

19.38

21.32

13.97

0.08

Care homes with residents with physical disabilities (%)\(^c\)

37.02

36.32

38.97

0.61

Care homes with residents with mental health issues (%)\(^c\)

29.07

30.53

25.00

0.27

Care homes with residents with dementia (%)\(^c\)

54.84

52.89

60.29

0.16

  1. Care homes adopting the tracker are those care homes that adopted the tracker over the April 2020–April 2021 period.
  2. \(^a\)For the count variables, the p values are from a t-test comparing the difference in means by tracker use. For categorical variables, the p values are from Fisher’s Exact Test on the association between the respective characteristic and the tracker uptake. P values are reported only when \(n>30\) for t-test and \(n>{5}\) for Fisher Exact test in each group.
  3. \(^b\)These variables come from the GM COVID-19 situation reporting data. The numbers are mean values over the Apr 2020–Apr 2021 period.
  4. \(^c\)These variables come from the Care Quality Commission care directory. The percentages are based on 522 care homes as all care homes in the GM COVID-19 situation reporting data could not be linked to the CQC register