Table II.
Hospital characteristics by racial composition-black patients/hospital (quintile)
| Lowest quintile (0-<1%) |
2nd (1–3%) |
3rd (4–6%) |
4th (7–12%) |
5th (13–93%) |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| white patients (n) | 13,281 | 13,350 | 12,817 | 11,969 | 8,756 | |
| black patients (n) | 98 | 305 | 731 | 1,771 | 5,037 | |
| Hospital size * | ||||||
| Large volume | 10% | 21% | 31% | 35% | 31% | P<.001 |
| Hospital type: | ||||||
| Proprietary | 11% | 19% | 18% | 17% | 15% | p<.001 |
| Non-profit | 78% | 73% | 74% | 70% | 64% | p<.001 |
| Government | 11% | 7% | 8% | 13% | 21% | p<.001 |
| Academic | 5% | 9% | 17% | 27% | 25% | p<.001 |
| Urban | 25% | 51% | 51% | 59% | 60% | p<.001 |
| High income† | 29% | 46% | 38% | 36% | 20% | p<.001 |
| Hospital geographic location: | ||||||
| Midwest | 37% | 27% | 26% | 21% | 20% | P<.001 |
| Northeast | 19% | 25% | 21% | 21% | 12% | P<.001 |
| South | 11% | 26% | 40% | 49% | 64% | P<.001 |
| West | 34% | 22% | 13% | 10% | 3% | P<.001 |
| Hospital procedure capabilities: | ||||||
| PCI | 72% | 86% | 91% | 91% | 88% | P<.001 |
| CABG | 41% | 54% | 61% | 63% | 57% | P<.001 |
| ICD | 49% | 64% | 69% | 71% | 65% | P<.001 |
*
Hospital volume divided into tertiles (large=>275 beds)
†
Income: median household income of Medicare fee-for service beneficiaries admitted to the index hospital per year in tertiles (high income ≥$45,000)
PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; CABG, coronary artery bypass graft; ICD, Implantable cardioverter defibrillator