U.S. nursing home database, ratings for health inspections, patient care and staff

Health inspection ratings are drawn from a score based on nursing home surveys over the past three years, as well as reports from inspections carried out to investigate complaints. The quality measures include how well a nursing home responds to residents' declining mobility, high-risk bed sores, catheter problems, urinary tract infections and pain. They also take into account whether a facility uses excessive physical restraint.
Staffing is drawn from two complex formulas, both based on nursing hours per day per patient. One is for registered nurses only, and the other includes registered nurses and other health workers.
A nursing home’s overall quality rating is based on three factors: its health inspections, how well the home scores in 10 measures of the quality of patient care and how well each home is staffed.

Link: http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-12-18-nursing-home-database_N.htm