High Medicare share hospitals (N = 540) | Low Medicare share hospitals (N = 1362) | All hospitals (N = 1902) | p valuea | |
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No. (Percent) | No. (Percent) | No. (Percent) | ||
Medicare bed share, Mean (Std. Dev) | 0.61 (0.05) | 0.41 (0.11) | 0.46 (0.13) | < 0.001 |
Teaching hospital (COTH)b, n (%) | 6 (1.1) | 234 (17.2) | 240 (12.6) | < 0.001 |
Ownership, n (%) | 0.506 | |||
Not-for-profit | 358 (66.3) | 927 (68.1) | 1285 (67.6) | |
Govt. non-fed | 72 (13.3) | 189 (13.9) | 261 (13.7) | |
For-profit | 110 (20.4) | 246 (20.4) | 356 (18.7) | |
Bed size, n (%) | < 0.001 | |||
< 99 | 152 (28.1) | 180 (13.2) | 332 (17.5) | |
100–199 | 176 (32.6) | 354 (26.0) | 530 (27.9) | |
> =200 | 212 (39.3) | 828 (60.8) | 1040 (54.7) | |
Region, n (%) | < 0.001 | |||
Northeast | 105 (19.4) | 267 (19.6) | 372 (19.6) | |
Midwest | 163 (30.2) | 293 (21.5) | 456 (24.0) | |
South | 244 (45.2) | 467 (34.3) | 711 (37.4) | |
West | 28 (5.2) | 335 (24.6) | 363 (19.1) | |
Average daily census, Mean (Std. Dev) | 98.9 (87.7) | 181.4 (161.8) | 158.0 (149.4) | < 0.001 |
DSH %, Mean (Std. Dev) | 31.7% (19.4%) | 31.7% (19.4%) | 28.3% (18.4%) | < 0.001 |
Poverty rate %, Mean (Std. Dev) | 14.5% (2.7%) | 14.4% (2.4%) | 14.5% (2.5%) | 0.463 |
Unemployment rate %, Mean (Std. Dev) | 10.1% (1.9%) | 9.9% (1.7%) | 10.0% (1.7%) | 0.136 |