Table 1.
Characteristics of Get With the Guidelines-Resuscitation hospitals compared with US hospitals
| GWTG-R n=433 | Missing data | US hospitals n=5445 | Missing data | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEOGRAPHY | Census | ||||
| West | 81 (19%) | 1045 (19%) | |||
| South | 198 (46%) | 2152 (40%) | |||
| Northeast | 61 (14%) | 727 (13%) | |||
| Midwest | 93 (21%) | 1521 (28%) | |||
| DEMOGRAPHY | |||||
| Volume black patients | 29 | 492 | Medicare | ||
| Low (<5%) | 323 (55%) | 3256 (66%) | |||
| Medium (5–12%) | 80 (20%) | 706 (14%) | |||
| High (>12%) | 101 (25%) | 991 (20%) | |||
| Median per capita income | 29 | 492 | Census | ||
| Low (<$16000) | 33 (8%) | 1182 (24%) | |||
| Medium ($16–21000) | 200 (50%) | 2483 (50%) | |||
| High (>$21000) | 171 (42%) | 1288 (26%) | |||
| Urban | 178 (41%) | 1627 (30%) | HCRIS | ||
| ORGANIZATIONAL | |||||
| Academic | 81 (19%) | 363 (7%) | AHAS | ||
| Trauma services (level1,2) | 10 | 316 | AHAS | ||
| 182 (43%) | 1562 (30%) | ||||
| Cardiac surgery capability | 7 | 232 | |||
| 253 (60%) | 1162 (22%) | Medicare | |||
| VOLUME | AHAS | ||||
| Bed size | |||||
| Small (6–99) | 42 (10%) | 2693 (49%) | |||
| Medium (100–400) | 276 (64%) | 2269 (42%) | |||
| Large (>400) | 115 (27%) | 483 (9%) | |||
| Nurse to bed ratio | AHAS | ||||
| Low | 17 (4%) | 1410 (26%) | |||
| Medium | 161 (37%) | 2171 (40%) | |||
| High | 255 (59%) | 1864 (34%) | |||
| Percent ICU beds | 10 | 316 | AHAS | ||
| Low (<5%) | 61 (14%) | 2132 (42%) | |||
| Medium (5–10%) | 235 (56%) | 1927 (38%) | |||
| High (>10%) | 127 (30%) | 1070 (21%) | |||
GWTG-R, Get With The Guidelines-Resuscitation; US, United States; AHAS, American Hospital Association Survey; ICU, Intensive Care Unit; HCRIS, Healthcare Cost Report Information System