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Top 15 skilled nursing facilities by average daily census
Skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) provide inpatient care and short- and long-term rehabilitation to elderly patients, especially those who require 24/7 support to transition out of the hospital.
As the U.S. population continues to age, SNFs and nursing homes—residential facilities for longer-term, less clinically intensive nursing care—represent an increasingly important part of the care continuum. Most often, these facilities treat common diagnoses like COVID-19, urinary tract infections, and sepsis.
Definitive Healthcare tracks data on more than 20,000 skilled nursing facilities. Below, we’ve compiled a list of the top SNFs by average daily census (ADC), a measure of a facility’s average patient population.
Read on to see which SNFs maintained the highest patient counts on average.
Skilled nursing facilities with the highest average daily census
Rank | Facility name | Definitive ID | City | State | Average daily census | Explore dataset |
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1 | Hebrew Home at Riverdale | 566214 | Riverdale | NY | 752 | Explore |
2 | The Plaza Rehabilitation & Nursing Center | 565291 | Bronx | NY | 674 | Explore |
3 | Veterans Home of California Yountville - Skilled Nursing | 569007 | Yountville | CA | 663 | Explore |
4 | Cedarbrook Nursing Home - Allentown | 562580 | Allentown | PA | 615 | Explore |
5 | Isabella Center | 566409 | New York | NY | 542 | Explore |
6 | Lakewood - Skilled Nursing | 563516 | Richmond | VA | 520 | Explore |
7 | The Chesapeake - Skilled Nursing | 563514 | Newport News | VA | 508 | Explore |
8 | Goodwin House Baileys Crossroads - Skilled Nursing | 562021 | Falls Church | VA | 508 | Explore |
9 | Loretto Health & Rehabilitation Center | 565624 | Syracuse | NY | 504 | Explore |
10 | The Forum at Rancho San Antonio Health Care Center | 568618 | Cupertino | CA | 500 | Explore |
11 | Gracedale Nursing Home | 574320 | Nazareth | PA | 496 | Explore |
12 | Brookdale Skyline - Skilled Nursing | 564355 | Colorado Springs | CO | 490 | Explore |
13 | NYC Health and Hospitals/Coler Skilled Nursing Care | 579027 | Roosevelt Island | NY | 489 | Explore |
14 | Kings Harbor Multicare Center | 572113 | Bronx | NY | 489 | Explore |
15 | CC Young Senior Living - Skilled Nursing | 567657 | Dallas | TX | 488 | Explore |
Fig. 1 Data is from the Definitive Healthcare LongTermCareView product. Data is accurate as of August 2022.
Which SNFs had the highest ADC?
Hebrew Home at Riverdale in Riverdale, New York has an ADC of 752, putting it first on our list. With 843 staffed beds, Hebrew Home maintained an average daily occupancy rate of 89%.
In second is the Plaza Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in the Bronx, New York, with an ADC of 674. This facility has 744 staffed beds, putting their average daily occupancy just above the Hebrew Home at Riverdale at 90%.
Trailing only slightly in third is the Veterans Home of California Yountville with an ADC of 663.
The average ADC among facilities on our list was 549. The average number of staffed beds was 656.
How do you calculate average daily inpatient census?
ADC is the average number of inpatient beds occupied each day over the course of a year. The most accurate way to calculate ADC is to add the daily patient census for every day of the year, then divide by 365.
ADC can be approximated by adding the daily census for every day within a shorter period of time—say, a month—then dividing by the number of days within that period.
Why is ADC important?
Calculating ADC gives providers a high-level understanding of their facility’s patient load. This figure can also be used by healthcare vendors or competing providers as market intelligence to understand a facility’s overall busyness. Examining ADCs for consecutive periods of time can help determine when a facility is most busy.
Yearly ADC can by multiplied by 365 to determine the total number of patient days per year. As demonstrated above, ADC can also be divided by bed capacity and multiplied by 100 to determine occupancy rate.
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