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However, its impact on nursing home residents remains poorly understood.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Objective<\/jats:title>To assess the association of power outages and water shortages during Winter Storm Uri with mortality and health care utilization among long-stay nursing home residents in Texas.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Design, Setting, and Participants<\/jats:title>A retrospective cohort study of long-stay nursing home residents before and after Winter Storm Uri (February 14 to February 17, 2021) in Texas. Data analysis was conducted from March 2024 to January 2025.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Exposure<\/jats:title>Residing in a nursing home that experienced a power outage or water shortage during Winter Storm Uri.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>The outcome measures were weekly rates of mortality, clinician visits to nursing homes, emergency department (ED) visits, and hospitalizations among long-stay nursing home residents. Medicare claims were used to determine weekly mortality, clinician visits, ED visits, and hospitalizations 6 weeks before and 6 weeks after the storm. Differences-in-differences (DiD) analysis using 2-level logistic regression models estimated changes in outcomes associated with nursing home power or water loss.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results<\/jats:title>Of 1174 nursing homes, 231 (19.7%) reported power or water outages. The sample included 45\u202f439 long-stay residents, with 8521 in facilities with outages (mean [SD] age, 80.07 [12.21] years; 5664 female [66.47%]) and 36\u202f918 in facilities without outages (mean [SD] age, 80.42 [11.92] years; 12\u202f705 female [65.59%]). DiD analysis found that residents of nursing homes with outages had a 0.13% (95% CI, 0.03% to 0.23%) higher mortality rate in the 3 to 5 weeks after the storm than those without outages. 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