There are 5 nursing homes located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, providing for a population of 48,571 people. We gave this city a city grade of B for overall nursing home quality. This is an average city grade nationally, which is nothing to be ashamed of. This place's impressive profile was highlighted by its nursing homes' inspection grades, which is addressed in the next section.
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, many of the nursing homes in Doylestown performed extremely well in the area of inspections. In fact, some of its facilities received nearly perfect inspection reports this year. Consequently, it received one of our best grades in that area with an A+. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating our inspection ratings. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be relatively insignificant. Doylestown also received an impressive long-term care grade where it earned a B in this category. In the last two categories, Doylestown received a B- for its short-term care grade and a B- in the area of nursing.