Table 1. Characteristics of 1061 Acute Care Hospitals in 10 US States.
| Hospital characteristic | No. (%) (N = 1061) |
|---|---|
| State | |
| Arkansas | 68 (6.4) |
| Colorado | 67 (6.3) |
| Florida | 206 (19.4) |
| Georgia | 125 (11.8) |
| Iowa | 100 (9.4) |
| Maryland | 49 (4.6) |
| North Carolina | 112 (10.6) |
| Nebraska | 35 (3.3) |
| New York | 187 (17.6) |
| Wisconsin | 112 (10.6) |
| Urbanicity | |
| Metropolitan | 716 (67.5) |
| Micropolitan | 159 (15.0) |
| Rural | 186 (17.5) |
| Health care utilization and structural characteristicsa | |
| Proportion of children with Medicaid, median (IQR), % | 67 (56-75) |
| Proportion of pediatric patients, median (IQR), % | 13 (10-16) |
| Pediatric ED encounters per year, median (IQR) | 2934 (1367-5996) |
| Hospitalization rate, median (IQR), % | 0 (0-1) |
| Referral rate, median (IQR), % | 94 (59-100) |
| Pediatric inpatient beds, median (IQR) | 0 (0-8) |
| Pediatric intensive care beds, median (IQR) | 0 (0-0) |
| Capabilities (performed ≥3/y) | |
| Appendectomy | 455 (42.9) |
| Asthma hospitalization | 405 (38.2) |
| Cerebral ventricular shunt | 45 (4.2) |
| Chemotherapy hospitalization | 60 (5.7) |
| Closed reduction of radius | 651 (61.4) |
| Complex hospitalization | 359 (33.8) |
| Congenital heart disease hospitalization | 47 (4.4) |
| Computed tomography scan | 1056 (99.5) |
| Cystic fibrosis hospitalization | 48 (4.5) |
| Diabetic ketoacidosis hospitalization | 124 (11.7) |
| Dialysis | 37 (3.5) |
| ECMO | 34 (3.2) |
| Endoscopy | 125 (11.8) |
| Fontan surgery | 21 (2.0) |
| Gastrostomy | 155 (14.6) |
| ICU hospitalization | 201 (18.9) |
| Inflammatory bowel disease hospitalization | 75 (7.1) |
| Lumbar puncture | 375 (35.3) |
| Mechanical ventilation | 212 (20.0) |
| Organ transplant | 25 (2.4) |
| Pneumonia hospitalization | 387 (36.5) |
| Sickle cell anemia hospitalization | 139 (13.1) |
| Simple laceration repair | 984 (92.7) |
| Unplanned hospitalization | 538 (50.7) |
| Urea cycle defect hospitalization | 23 (2.2) |
| Ventricular septal defect surgery | 23 (2.2) |
Abbreviations: ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; ED, emergency department; ICU, intensive care unit.
a
Structural data were available for 675 hospitals.