Table 2.

Surgery program characteristics

Demographic Variables	Responding Programs (n = 93)	Nonresponding Programs (n = 155)
Primary affiliation
academic	64 (69)a	75 (48)
private hospital	24 (26)	72 (47)
military	1 (1)	8 (5)
otherb	4 (4)	0 (0)
total programs	93 (100)	155 (100)
Total number of residents
1 to 10	6 (6)	2 (1)
11 to 15	13 (14)	22 (14)
16 to 20	12 (13)	20 (13)
>20	62 (67)c	111 (72)
total programs	93 (100)	155 (100)

Data reported as n (%) of actual responses received. Data for nonresponding programs obtained from ACGME.

^aOdds ratio 2.56 (95% CI 1.45, 4.53) for response from academic versus private programs.

^bResponses included county hospital, hybrid, university/community hybrid, and community hospital not-for-profit.

^cP < 0.002 with 78% academic versus 38% private programs.