With a population of 391,389 people, Knoxville, Tennessee is relatively large city. There are 14 nursing homes there, which provides you with a variety of choices. This city's nursing homes received a solid city grade of B-. This is a middle of the road score compared to other cities in the United States. One of the major highlights of this place's report card is its stellar inspection score, which you can find in the following paragraph.
Despite receiving a somewhat average overall grade, this city performed extremely well in our inspections category. In fact, some of its facilities received nearly flawless inspection reports this year. As a result, we awarded Knoxville one of our best scores in that category with an A-. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection grades. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some can be quite minor. In addition, the city also received strong long-term care rating where it received a grade of B in this category. In the last two categories, the city received a B- for its short-term care rating and a grade of B- for nursing.