Table 1.

Site and interviewee characteristics

Characteristic	High Performers							Innovators
	HP01	HP03	HP04	HP07	HP08	HP10	HP13	IN05	IN12
Region	Northeast	Northeast	Northeast	South	South	South	Midwest	Northeast	South
Beds (mean, 680; range: 25–1,541)	Small	Small	Large	Large	Small	Small	Large	Large	Large
Teaching	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
Urban/rural/suburban	Suburban	Suburban	Urban	Urban	Rural	Suburban	Urban	Urban	Urban
Lung transplant program	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
Location of PR gym	In hospital	In hospital	On campus	Offsite	In hospital	In hospital	On campus	On campus	Offsite
Interviewees, n	4	5	3	6	4	7	4	2	5
Occupation
Medical director	X	—	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
PR director	X	X	—	X	X	X	X	X	X
Administrator	X	—	—	X	—	—	—	—	—
Respiratory therapist	X	—	X	X	X	X	X	—	X
Inpatient provider	—	X	—	—	—	X	—	—	X
Outpatient provider	—	X	—	X	X	—	X	—	—
Case manager	—	—	—	—	—	X	—	—	—
COPD educator or navigator	—	—	X	X	—	—	—	—	X
Other	—	X	—	—	—	X	—	—	—
Virtual	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No

Definition of abbreviations: COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; HP = high performer; IN = innovator; PR = pulmonary rehabilitation.