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Table 1 Hospital Characteristics of Emergency Departments Nationally and in Study

From: National travel distances for emergency care

Hospital Characteristic

National (N = 4436)

N (%)

In Study (N = 50)

N (%)

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%)

  1. 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
  2. aOther includes hospitals in PR, GU, VI, MP, and AS
  3. 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
  4. cLow performing hospitals are classified as those with HCAHPS Summary Star Ratings of 2 or lower