Do nursing home expenses per person vary for different racial/ethnic groups?
There was a statistically significant increase in both annual expenses per resident and annual expenses per resident day for all ethnic and racial groups from 1987 to 1996, with the exception of annual expenses per resident for Hispanics. Annual expenses per resident increased by approximately $10,000 for whites and others and for blacks while the increase for Hispanics was only about $4,500. Annual expenses per resident day essentially doubled for all ethnic and racial groups from 1987 to 1996.
