With a population of 87,124 people, Kingsport, Tennessee is an average size city. Surprisingly, there are just 3 nursing homes there, which is fewer than we expected in a city of this size. We gave this small group of nursing homes a city grade of B, which is a quality grade. We found this city grade was considerably better than the city grade of C received by the nearby city of Bristol. While that is not an awful grade, Kingsport appears to be a slightly better option. Fortunately, this city's nursing homes did not have any bad scores in any of the four major categories. Additional information about these categories is available in the next paragraph.
As mentioned above, this city received a great overall grade, but we also wanted to point out that some of its facilities received nearly perfect health inspections the past few years. We awarded Kingsport an impressive grade of A- for this area. Inspection ratings are based on many pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this area have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. In addition, the city earned a grade of B+ in our long-term care category. In our final two categories, we awarded the city a B- for its short-term care rating and a C for nursing.