Hospital Characteristic | National (N = 4436) N (%) | In Study (N = 50) N (%) |
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Rurality |
Rural | 1866 (42%) | 5 (10%) |
Urban | 2570 (58%) | 45 (90%) |
Teaching Affiliation |
Major | 238 (5%) | 13 (26%) |
Minor | 1403 (32%) | 24 (48%) |
Non-Teaching | 2795 (63%) | 13 (26%) |
Census Region |
Midwest | 1335 (30%) | 11 (22%) |
Northeast | 536 (12%) | 10 (20%) |
South | 1642 (37%) | 20 (40%) |
West | 872 (20%) | 9 (18%) |
Othera | 51 (1%) | 0 (0%) |
ED Volumeb |
Low | 688 (16%) | 1 (2%) |
Medium | 1032 (23%) | 16 (32%) |
High | 953 (21%) | 33 (66%) |
Low Performing Hospitalsc |
Yes | 574 (17%) | 12 (24%) |
No | 2733 (83%) | 38 (76%) |
- Note: National hospitals reflect all hospitals in the 2015 AHA database that are not listed as being specialty hospitals or not having an emergency department; Percentages are calculated excluding missing values
- aOther includes hospitals in PR, GU, VI, MP, and AS
- bED volume was classified using number of annual ED visits: Low: 14,000-24,999; Medium: 25,000-49,999; High: 50,000+. 1763 (40%) national hospitals had < 14,000 annual ED visits and thus were ineligible for this study based on size
- cLow performing hospitals are classified as those with HCAHPS Summary Star Ratings of 2 or lower