/*This file contains SAS commands to read in and analyze nursing home
data originally analyzed in Howard L. Smith, Niell F. Piland, and Nancy
Fisher, "A Comparison of Financial Performance, Organizational
Characteristics, and Management Strategy Among Rural and Urban Nursing
Facilities", Journal of Rural Health, Winter 1992, pp 27-40.*/  

OPTIONS NOCENTER LS=80 PS=50;

/*This data step reads in data and labels it*/
DATA nursings;
INFILE 'C:/nursings.dat';
INPUT BEDS MCDAYS TDAYS PCREV NSAL FEXP RURAL PARTNERID;
RUN;

DATA nursingl;
INFILE 'C:/nursingl.dat';
INPUT BEDS MCDAYS TDAYS PCREV NSAL FEXP RURAL PARTNERID;
RUN;

PROC PRINT DATA=nursingl;
RUN;

PROC PRINT DATA=nursings;
RUN;