This is a simple program to read web-available COVID nursing home data It provides a simple R program that reads data from https://data.cms.gov/Special-Programs-Initiatives-COVID-19-Nursing-Home/COVID-19-Nursing-Home-Dataset/s2uc-8wxp/data, and it provides sample output.If you click the "about" tab at the CMS website, you can learn much more about the strengths and limitations of these data.
Note that I uploaded two R programs. One directly reads from the API. These are not the world's greatest programs, but I thought folk would find this useful to track what is happening.
NOTE NOTE NOTE: These data have many complexities and limitations. This article by Mcgarry, Grabowski, and Barnett lists some of them: "Severe Staffing And Personal Protective Equipment Shortages Faced By Nursing Homes During The COVID-19 Pandemic." Also see the links to related articles below it. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32816600/
Interested readers may also wish to consult an important recent paper on nursing home staff networks and COVID. https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/faculty_pages/keith.chen/papers/WP_Nursing_Home_Networks_and_COVID19.pdf These authors note many strengths and weaknesses of the same data.