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Table 2 Descriptive statistics for accredited and non-accredited hospitals*, data from 25 hospitals, STD = standard deviation

From: Challenging the holy grail of hospital accreditation: A cross sectional study of inpatient satisfaction in the field of cardiology

 

accredited

non-accredited

P

 

n

Mean (STD)

n

Mean (STD)

Value

Teaching hospital

    

0.141c

   Yes

 

6 (40.0%)

 

7 (70.0%)

 

   No

 

9 (60.0%)

 

3 (30.0%)

 

Ownerstatus

    

0.071c

   Public

 

0 (0%)

 

2 (20.0%)

 

   Non-profit

 

15 (100.0%)

 

8 (80.0%)

 

No of beds

13

60 (22)

9

69 (29)

0.482u

Case load

12

3353 (2089)

7

3489 (2078)

0.933u

Physician/bed ratio

13

0.25 (0.07)

9

0.26 (0.08)

0.616u

Specialist/bed ratio

15

0.41 (0.14)

10

0.48 (0.08)

0.141u

Nurse/bed ratio

13

0.66 (0.15)

9

0.89 (0.65)

0.548u

Proportion RNs

15

0.83 (0.08)

10

0.87 (0.07)

0.166u

  1. *Note. Cells include either the mean +/- standard deviation or cell size and column percentages.
  2. uMann Whitney U test
  3. cChi Square test (Pearson)