From: Hospital accreditation, reimbursement and case mix: links and insights for contractual systems
 | Hospitals | Cases | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  | n | % |  | N | % |  |
Accreditation | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 | A | 32 | 26.2% |  | 71,713 | 33.0% |  |
 | B | 8 | 6.6% |  | 21,646 | 9.9% |  |
 | C | 56 | 45.9% |  | 93,810 | 43.1% |  |
 | D | 26 | 21.3% |  | 30,381 | 14.0% |  |
Size | Â | ||||||
 | Small (<50 beds) | 34 | 27.9% |  | 41,390 | 19.0% |  |
 | Medium (50–100 beds) | 53 | 43.4% |  | 89,795 | 41.3% |  |
 | Large (>100 beds) | 35 | 28.7% |  | 86,365 | 39.7% |  |
Ownership | Â | ||||||
 | Public | 24 | 19.7% |  | 66,844 | 30.7% |  |
 | Private | 98 | 80.3% |  | 150,706 | 69.3% |  |
Total | Â | 122 | 100.0% | Â | 217,550 | 100.0% | Â |
 |  | Mean | Std. deviation | Minimum | Maximum | P value | Sig* |
Accreditation | Â | ||||||
 | A | 1.27 | 0.24 | 0.98 | 1.90 | <0.001* | C, D |
 | B | 1.11 | 0.17 | 0.88 | 1.43 |  |  |
 | C | 1.09 | 0.20 | 0.85 | 2.15 |  | A |
 | D | 1.04 | 0.16 | 0.67 | 1.45 |  | A |
Size | Â | ||||||
 | Small (<50 beds) | 1.04 | 0.16 | 0.67 | 1.45 | 0.001* | Large |
 | Medium (50–100 beds) | 1.12 | 0.20 | 0.87 | 2.15 |  |  |
 | Large (>100 beds) | 1.23 | 0.25 | 0.88 | 1.90 |  | Small |
Ownership | Â | ||||||
 | Public | 1.01 | 0.10 | 0.85 | 1.20 | 0.003* |  |
 | Private | 1.16 | 0.23 | 0.67 | 2.15 |  |  |
All | Â | 1.13 | 0.22 | 0.67 | 2.15 | Â | Â |