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Table 2 Structural characteristics of for-profit, not-for-profit, and government owned hospitals and neighborhoods where these hospitals are located

From: Uncompensated care provided by for-profit, not-for-profit, and government owned hospitals

 

AMI (N = 1054)

CABG (N = 245)

Childbirth (N = 793)

 

NFP

FP

Government

NFP

FP

Government

NFP

FP

Government

Number of hospitals

732

140

182

185

39

21

586

73

134

Number of Admissions,

mean (sd)

219*

(288)

179*

(204)

111∧

(215)

359*

(261)

229†

(117)

324*

(182)

1476‡

(1597)

1307*

(953)

977*

(1292)

Hospital Beds,

mean (sd)

220†

(224)

163*

(108)

173†

(276)

433∧

(275)

257∧

(115)

641‡

(302)

246*

(237)

187*

(103)

183†

(241)

Major teaching hospitals,

number (%)

77∧

(10.4)

0∧

(0.0)

25*

(13.7)

59∧

(30.7)

0∧

(0.0)

11†

(52.4)

70‡

(12.0)

0∧

(0.0)

23*

(17.2)

Rural/Urban Location

         

Rural,

number (%)

58

(7.9)

3∧

(2.1)

29

(15.9)

1

(0.5)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

35

(6.0)

1†

(1.4)

14*

(10.5)

Suburban,

number (%)

230‡

(31.4)

25∧

(17.9)

92∧

(50.6)

13

(6.8)

0

(0.0)

1

(4.8)

191†

(32.6)

15∧

(20.6)

73∧

(54.5)

Urban,

number (%)

444∧

(60.7)

112∧

(80.0)

61∧

(33.5)

178

(92.7)

39

(100.0)

20

(95.2)

360‡

(61.4)

57∧

(78.1)

47∧

(35.1)

Nurse Staffing Ratio, mean (sd)

2.47∧

(1.07)

3.14∧

(1.31)

2.56*

(1.7)

3.12*

(0.95)

3.51*

(1.82)

3.16*

(0.92)

2.54†

(1.06)

3.22∧

(0.95)

2.78*

(1.82)

Socioeconomic Measures

         

   Poverty (standardized), mean (sd)

-0.26†

(0.79)

-0.04* (0.72)

-0.4‡

(0.89)

-0.17*

(0.76)

-0.04*

(0.68)

0.08*

(0.86)

-0.29∧

(0.84)

-0.05*

(0.76)

0.01†

(0.94)

Family Disruption, (standardized),

mean (sd)

0.15*

(1.08)

0.29*

(0.85)

0.07*

(1.21)

0.41*

(1.03)

0.35*

(0.82)

0.44*

(1.26)

0.17*

(1.08)

0.33*

(0.85)

0.10*

(1.25)

   Unemployment Rate (standard-ized), mean (sd)

-0.11‡

(0.88)

0.17*

(0.74)

-0.03*

(1.04)

-0.07*

(0.78)

0.06*

(0.67)

0.18*

(0.82)

-0.15*

(0.88)

0.13*

(0.74)

0.01*

(1.07)

   Occupational Composition (standardized), mean (sd)

-0.46∧

(1.07)

0.02*

(0.94)

-0.20‡

(0.98)

-0.76∧

(0.98)

-0.06†

(0.77)

-0.70*

(1.26)

-0.47∧

(0.98)

0.09*

(0.86)

-0.20†

(0.98)

  1. *: >0.05
  2. †: ≤0.05
  3. ‡: <0.01
  4. ∧: <0.001
  5. Symbol in NFP cell represents P-value for NFP vs. FP
  6. Symbol in FP cell represents P-value for FP vs. Government
  7. Symbol in Government cell represents P-value for Government vs. NFP