Table 2:
Hospital-Year Characteristics
| Variable | Performs ≥5 TTM procedures/yr (N=1918) | Performs <5 TTM procedures/yr (N=10902) | Total (N=12820) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Ownership | ||||
| Governmental, nonfederal | 178 (9.3%) | 1634 (15.0%) | 1812 (14.1%) | <0.001 |
| Private, not-profit | 1486 (77.5%) | 7310 (67.1%) | 8796 (68.6%) | |
| Private, invest-own | 254 (13.2%) | 1958 (18.0%) | 2212 (17.3%) | |
| Teaching Status | ||||
| Rural | 60 (3.1%) | 3324 (30.5%) | 3384 (26.4%) | <0.001 |
| Urban nonteaching | 459 (23.9%) | 3318 (30.4%) | 3777 (29.5%) | |
| Urban teaching | 1399 (72.9%) | 4260 (39.1%) | 5659 (44.1%) | |
| Bedsize Status | ||||
| Small | 365 (19.0%) | 4670 (42.8%) | 5035 (39.3%) | <0.001 |
| Medium | 587 (30.6%) | 3243 (29.7%) | 3830 (29.9%) | |
| Large | 966 (50.4%) | 2989 (27.4%) | 3955 (30.9%) | |
| Minority-Serving Status | ||||
| Top quintile | 432 (22.5%) | 2421 (22.2%) | 2853 (22.3%) | 0.954 |
| Non top quintile | 1486 (77.5%) | 8481 (77.8%) | 9967 (77.7%) | |
| Medicare/Self Pay Serving Status | ||||
| Top quintile | 317 (16.5%) | 2395 (22.0%) | 2712 (21.2%) | <0.001 |
| Non top quintile | 1601 (83.5%) | 2395 (78.0%) | 10108 (78.8% | |
| Region | ||||
| New England | 96 (5.0%) | 469 (4.3%) | 565 (4.4%) | <0.001 |
| Middle Atlantic | 314 (16.4%) | 1167 (10.7%) | 1481 (11.6%) | |
| East North Central | 351 (18.3%) | 1897 (17.4%) | 2248 (17.5%) | |
| West North Central | 120 (6.3%) | 912 (8.4%) | 1032 (8.1%) | |
| South Atlantic | 378 (19.7%) | 2009 (18.4%) | 2387 (18.6%) | |
| East South Central | 85 (4.4%) | 744 (6.8%) | 829 (6.5%) | |
| West South Central | 183 (9.5%) | 1566 (14.4%) | 1749 (13.6%) | |
| Mountain | 88 (4.6%) | 718 (6.6%) | 806 (6.3%) | |
| Pacific | 303 (15.8%) | 1420 (13.0%) | 1723 (13.4%) | |
Hospitals cannot be linked from year to year in the NIS, so these analyses are performed at the hospital-year level.
TTM = targeted temperature managment