With 14,147 people, Elk City, Oklahoma is a relatively small city. There are just 2 nursing homes there, which doesn't give you too many choices. This place's nursing homes were given a respectable city grade of B-. This is right about the middle of the road by national standards, which is nothing to be ashamed of. Please continue reading to find more information about how this city's nursing homes performed in our category grades.
This city's nursing homes received a fairly ordinary overall grade, however, we really wanted to point out that some of its facilities almost flawless health inspections the past few years. We gave it an impressive grade of A+ in this area. Arguably the most critical factor we look at in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. Facilities with better scores in this area most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. Elk City also really excelled in the category of long-term care, where we gave it an A-. Finally, the city received rock bottom grades for our nursing and short-term care categories respectively.