Table 5 Effect of maturity of the hospital quality improvement system (MI) and hospital structural characteristics on hospital level indicators
Dependent variable | Predictor variables | B | B (95% confidence interval for the Bootstrap estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
Hospital adjusted mortality index& | Step 1 | ||
MI | 0.199 | 0.195 (-0.175; 0.597) | |
Step 2 | |||
MI | 0.195 | 0.191 (-0.202; 0.643) | |
Hospital type | -0.001 | -0.001 (-0.596; 0.560) | |
University | - | - | |
Non University | - | - | |
Hospital size | 0 | 0.001 (-0.338; 0.326) | |
Small | 0.002 | 0.004 (-0.586; 0.569) | |
Medium | |||
Large | |||
Hospital adjusted complications index | Step 1 | ||
MI | 0.245 | 0.240 (-0.006; 0.580)* | |
Step 2 | |||
MI | 0.247 | 0.242 (0.009; 0.595)** | |
Hospital ownership | 0.003 | 0.003 (-0.192; 0.182) | |
Public | - | - | |
Private | |||
Hospital adjusted readmissions index | Step 1 | ||
MI | 0.077 | 0.113 (-0.092; 0.283)* | |
Step 2 | |||
MI | 0.075 | 0.120 (-0.111, 0.299) | |
Hospital size | - | - | |
Small | 0 | 0.000 (-0.230; 0.268) | |
Medium | -0.002 | -0.006 (-0.230; 0.268) | |
Large | |||
Hospital adjusted length of stay index && | Step 1 | ||
MI | 0.078 | 0.069 (-0.320; 0.574) |