Skip to main content

Table 1 Characteristics of hospital in the general sample and hospitals at which a stakeholder participated in an interview.

From: Perceived barriers to the regionalization of adult critical care in the United States: a qualitative preliminary study

Variable

In sample (n = 104)

Participated (n = 24)

Region

  

   Northeast

24 (23)

7 (29)

   Southeast

29 (28)

3 (13)

   Midwest

25(24)

6 (25)

   West

26 (25)

8 (33)

Community size

  

   <100,000

32 (31)

4 (17)

   100,000 – 1 million

36 (35)

11 (46)

   > 1 million

36 (35)

9 (38)

Total beds

  

   < 100

36 (35)

5 (21)

   100 – 399

36 (35)

8 (33)

   ≥ 400

32 (31)

11 (46)

Critical care beds

  

   Median [IQR]

14 [6–33]

28 [10–40]

   Range

0 – 216

0 – 72

University affiliated

34 (33)

11 (46)

Designated trauma center

45 (43)

14 (58)

  1. Values are presented as frequency (percents) unless otherwise noted.
  2. IQR = interquartile range