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 Letter
From Secretary Thompson to Congress Expressing Reservations With
Nursing Home Minimum Staffing Ratios Report
March 19, 2002, the Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) released the final portion of a
report on sufficient nurse staffing levels to Congress, but with
the caveat that it will not use the report to establish staffing
ratio requirements. Nine out of ten nursing homes currently do not
have adequate staff to provide quality care, according to the
report. In this letter to Congress, HHS Secretary Thompson
expresses doubt as to the reliability of the report's conclusions
and to the feasibility of implementing such staffing requirements.
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