Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics of the Analytical Sample (n=2314)
| Min | Max | Mean | Std Dev | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Performance Score | 6 | 92.67 | 33.77 | 11.41 |
| Hospital Compare overall rating | 1 | 5 | 3.16 | 1.17 |
| Patient Survey (HCAHPS) summary star rating | 1 | 5 | 3.21 | 0.86 |
| Hospital-Wide All cause Readmission Rate | 11.20% | 20.70% | 14.54% | 0.87% |
| Patient experience of care domain score | 1.25 | 33.33 | 8.67 | 5.40 |
| Safety domain score | 0 | 33.33 | 10.01 | 5.30 |
| Clinical care domain score | 0 | 32.22 | 11.43 | 4.70 |
| Efficiency and cost reduction domain score | 0 | 33.33 | 5.69 | 7.54 |
| Agency labor cost ratio | 0 | 100% | 8.30% | 0.09 |
| Number of discharges (in thousands) | 1 | 168.4 | 9.29 | 11.06 |
| Number of staffed beds (in thousands) | 1 | 2.25 | 0.19 | 0.19 |
| Location (rural) | 0 | 1 | 0.26 | 0.44 |
| Average age of facility (Years) | 1.05 | 74.35 | 14.02 | 10.39 |
| Bed utilization rate | 0.10% | 100.00% | 52.26% | 22.12% |
| Average length of stay | 1 | 144.38 | 4.39 | 3.37 |
| Academic medical center | 0 | 1 | 0.06 | 0.24 |
| Sole community hospital | 0 | 1 | 0.15 | 0.36 |
| Competition (HHI) | 0.02 | 1 | 0.34 | 0.32 |
| Government operated | 0 | 1 | 0.14 | 0.35 |
| For profit | 0 | 1 | 0.24 | 0.43 |
| Payor mix: Medicare days | 91.00% | 28.12% | 11.59% | |
| Payor mix: Medicaid days | 0% | 99.80% | 8.85% | 9.66% |
| Case mix index (CMI) | 0.67 | 5.35 | 1.74 | 0.40 |
| Surgical CMI | 0.56 | 2.21 | 1.34 | 0.14 |
| Medical CMI | 1.01 | 5.49 | 2.94 | 0.60 |
| CC/MCC rate | 0 | 1 | 0.63 | 0.14 |
| Region 1 (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT) | 0 | 1 | 0.01 | 0.12 |
| Region 2 (NJ, NY, PA) | 0 | 1 | 0.12 | 0.32 |
| Region 3 (DE, KY, MD, NC, VA, WV, DC) | 0 | 1 | 0.09 | 0.28 |
| Region 4 (AL, FL, GA, MS, SC, TN, PR) | 0 | 1 | 0.17 | 0.38 |
| Region 5 (IL, MI, IN, OH, WI) | 0 | 1 | 0.17 | 0.37 |
| Region 6 (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD) | 0 | 1 | 0.08 | 0.28 |
| Region 7 (AR, LA, OK, TX) | 0 | 1 | 0.14 | 0.34 |
| Region 8 (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, UT, WY) | 0 | 1 | 0.07 | 0.26 |
| Region 9 (AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA) | 0 | 1 | 0.12 | 0.32 |
Abbreviations: HCAHPS, Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems; HHI, Hirschman-Herfindahl Index; CMI, Case mix index; CC/MCC, Complication/comorbidity and major complication/comorbidity.