Table 2.
Study Hospital Characteristics in Selected Study Years
| 1985 | 1992 | 1998 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| System | Independent | System | Independent | System | Independent | |
| No. of Hospitals | 1,842 | 2,012 | 1,745 | 1,772 | 1,997 | 1,184 |
| Hospital Type | ||||||
| % Nonprofit (NP) | 37.7 | 88.3 | 43.7 | 88.6 | 52.2 | 88.9 |
| % Religious (NP) | 28.9 | 6.0 | 28.3 | 5.2 | 22.3 | 4.7 |
| % For-profit | 33.3 | 5.7 | 28.0 | 6.2 | 25.5 | 6.4 |
| Hospital Size | ||||||
| Mean Beds | 147 | 156 | 138 | 142 | 127 | 104 |
| <250 Beds | 83.0 | 81.3 | 85.3 | 84.7 | 87.3 | 92.3 |
| ≥250 Beds | 17.0 | 18.7 | 14.7 | 15.3 | 12.7 | 7.7 |
| Hospital Services | ||||||
| % Offering Catheterization | ||||||
| <250 beds | 19.4 | 12.5 | 41.3 | 30.9 | 47.3 | 34.8 |
| ≥50 beds | 85.0 | 71.8 | 98.4 | 88.2 | 97.2 | 93.4 |
| % Offering Angioplasty or Bypass Surgery | ||||||
| <250 beds | 6.3 | 3.6 | 15.1 | 9.7 | 22.6 | 12.6 |
| ≥250 beds | 61.7 | 49.5 | 85.2 | 64.0 | 88.2 | 67.0 |
| Metropolitan Statistical Area Size | ||||||
| % Rural | 36.5 | 40.1 | 35.7 | 40.0 | 35.9 | 47.6 |
| % Under 250 k | 11.3 | 10.8 | 11.8 | 10.9 | 10.7 | 11.4 |
| % 250 k–1 m | 20.6 | 19.4 | 21.8 | 19.5 | 22.3 | 18.1 |
| % 1 m+ | 31.5 | 29.8 | 30.7 | 29.6 | 31.1 | 23.0 |
| Region | ||||||
| % New England | 1.9 | 9.1 | 2.3 | 8.7 | 3.2 | 8.2 |
| % Mid-Atlantic | 6.3 | 19.3 | 6.0 | 20.8 | 10.3 | 18.0 |
| % South Atlantic | 14.9 | 13.5 | 16.3 | 13.9 | 16.3 | 14.9 |
| % North Central | 26.0 | 32.9 | 28.0 | 31.2 | 26.8 | 32.9 |
| % South Central | 26.1 | 13.2 | 24.6 | 13.1 | 23.2 | 13.8 |
| % Mountain | 8.1 | 3.5 | 8.4 | 3.6 | 7.0 | 4.5 |
| % Pacific | 16.7 | 8.6 | 14.4 | 8.8 | 13.2 | 7.8 |