Table 4. Corporate responsibilities for quality.

	% A,B	Totalnumber
Quality improvement action plan exists	65	89
A committee is assigned to quality improvement	82	89
The committee met in the past year	66	73
Accountable representatives of the medical staff accept corporate responsibility for the quality of medical care	34	89
Representatives of the nursing staff accept corporate responsibility for the quality of nursing care	42	89

*% Hospitals extensively (B) or exceptionally (A) compliant with criterion.