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Table 1 Characteristics of all hospitals in our sample compared with all US hospitals

From: A cross-sectional study assessing the association between online ratings and clinical quality of care measures for US hospitals: results from an observational study

Criteria

Characteristics

Sample Hospitals (N = 623; in %)

US Hospitalsa (N = 4861; in %)

Hospital Type

Critical Access Hospitals

2.0

25.8

 

Acute Care Hospitals

98.0

73.7

 

Childrens

0.0

0.5

Hospital Ownership

Government Hospitals

14.6

25.5

 

Hospitals owned by physicians

0.9

1.1

 

Proprietary Hospitals

17.8

16.2

 

Voluntary non-profit Hospitals

66.7

57.2

 

Tribal

0.0

0.0

Emergency Service

Yes

96.8

92.1

 

No

3.2

7.9

Ability to receive lab results electronically

Yes

81.1

67.4

 

No

14.3

20.5

 

Not Available

4.6

12.1

Ability to track patients’ lab results, tests, and referrals electronically between visits

Yes

74.7

61.9

 

No

20.6

25.6

 

Not Available

4.7

12.5

Safe Surgery Checklist Use

Yes

88.5

79.1

 

No

6.9

8.9

 

Not Available

4.6

12.0

Cardiac surgery registry

Does not have a Cardiac Surgery

40.7

55.4

 

Yes

52.0

22.7

 

No

3.1

1.3

 

Not Available

4.2

20.7

General surgery registry

Yes

28.9

13.9

 

No

66.9

65.5

 

Not Available

4.2

20.7

Nursing care registry

Yes

63.9

35.4

 

No

31.9

44.0

 

Not Available

4.2

20.7

Stroke care registry

Yes

65.1

35.9

 

No

30.7

43.4

 

Not Available

4.2

20.7

  1. aBased on the Hospital Compare database (N = 4861)