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HRD-84-69 1 (1984-06-12)

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B-215396


JUNE 12, 1984


The Honorable Daniel K. Inouye
United States Senate


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Dear Senator Inouye:


Subject:


Do Skilled Nursing Facilities Have Enough
Wheelchairs to Meet Their Patients' Needs?
(GAO/HRD-84-69)


     This is in response to your request for information on the
number of wheelchairs skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) have
available to meet the needs of their patients.

OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY

     We had two objectives. The first was to obtain data on the
approximate proportion of SNF patients that need wheelchairs or
otherwise need assistance in walking or moving about. Second,
we wanted to determine whether selected homes had enough wheel-
chairs available to meet their patients' needs. To meet the
first objective, we obtained data from the Health Care Financing
Administration (HCFA) which was contained in the Medicare/
Medicaid Skilled Nursing Facility Survey Report and entered
into the Medicare and Medicaid Automated Certification System
(MMACS). The information was contained in the following line
items in the survey reports.

    F 152 Patient Census on Data of Survey
    F 153 Number of Completely Bedfast Patients
    F 155 Number of Patients Requiring Assistance With
           Ambulation (i.e., wheelchair, walker, cane, etc.)


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              RESTRICTED -Not to be released out0e the Oenmu1ai
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              by the Office of Conart  L.i    l .


RELEASED


UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
        WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548


HUMAN R Ir3OURCIrA
   DIVISION


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