Variables | Frequency (%) |
---|---|
Publication Year | |
 2009–2012 | 6 (27%) |
 2013–2015 | 7 (32%) |
 2016–2018 | 9 (41%) |
Journal Type | |
 Health Services journals | 10 (45%) |
 Policy journals | 7 (32%) |
 Clinical journals | 5 (23%) |
Data Sourcea | |
 American Hospital Association (AHA) | 13 (59%) |
 Medicare Cost Reports | 6 (27%) |
 Health Care Utilization Project (HCUP) and other inpatient discharge databases | 5 (23%) |
 National Inpatient Sample (NIS) | 2 (9%) |
 Virginia Health Information discharge data | 1 (5%) |
 CA Office of Statewide health planning and development (OSHPD) | 1 (5%) |
 Agency for Healthcare Research Socioeconomic Status Index | 1 (5%) |
 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Impact File | 1 (5%) |
Five category classification systema | |
 Medicaid Caseload | 13 (59%) |
 Disproportionate Share (DSH) payments | 8 (36%) |
 Uncompensated care | 7 (32%) |
 Facility characteristics | 5 (23%) |
 Patient case mix | 2 (9%) |
Outcome of focus among included studiesa | |
 Quality | 17 (77%) |
 Cost | 8 (36%) |
 Access | 2 (9%) |
Inclusion of a source or rationale for SNH definition | |
 Accompanying reference was cited | 17 (77%) |
 Definition choice was justified with supporting text | 12 (55%) |
 Authors noted the variety of SNH definitions in the literature. | 11 (50%) |