Table 1.

Characteristics of Rural versus Urban Oregon Hospitals (N = 54)^*†

	Rural	Urban	P value††
Total N (%)	34 (62%)	20 (38%)
Mean inpatient bed count (Median)	90 (39)	119 (78)	0.19
Mean nursing FTE per 100 patients (median)	1.33 (1.15)	1.56 (1.50)	0.06
Trauma Level			0.01
Level 1(%)	0 (0)	2 (100%)
Level 2 (%)	1 (33%)	2 (67%)
Level 3 (%)	13 (62%)	8 (38%)
Level 4 (%)	15 (88%)	2 (12%)

^*According to the Oregon Office of Rural Health.

^†Of hospitals that participated in the survey (55 of 57 total Oregon hospitals)

^††P values from univariate analysis