TABLE 1.

Demographics by institution

Parameter	No. of ABGMs from hospitals with bed size of:				P value (χ2 test)
	0-50	51-250	>250	Total (%)
No. of institutions	23	51	92	166	0.072
No. of institutions with ABGMsa	9	49	91	149
Type of Institution
Academic	1	2	54	57 (34.3)	<0.001
Community	19	44	35	98 (59.0)
Veterans Administration	0	4	1	5 (3.0)
Other	3	1	2	6 (3.7)
ABGM compiled by:
Laboratory personnel	8	41	65	114 (76.5)	0.139
Pharmacy personnel	0	0	4	4 (2.7)
Laboratory and pharmacy personnel	0	8	16	24 (16.1)
Other	1	0	6	7 (4.7)
Electronic reporting
No	5	26	35	66 (55.5)	0.003
Yes; intranet	2	8	22	32 (26.9)
Yes; Internet	0	1	20	21 (17.6)

^aEvaluated in analysis.