Table 5.
Hospital characteristics, according to quintiles of hospital-level SNF rates following AMI hospitalization
| SNF rates | Overall | Lowest | 2 | 3 | 4 | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-77.8 | 0-13.1 | 13.2-18.4 | 18.5-25.0 | 25.1-34.8 | 34.9-77.8 | |
| No. of hospitals | 2453 | 490 | 491 | 498 | 484 | 490 |
| Teaching | ||||||
| COTH | 258 (10.5) | 64 (13.0) | 82 (16.7) | 72 (14.4) | 33 (6.8) | 7 (1.4) |
| Teaching | 437 (17.8) | 113 (23.0) | 117 (23.0) | 87 (17.4) | 67 (13.8) | 53 (10.8) |
| Non-teaching | 1758 (71.6) | 313 (63.0) | 292 (59.4) | 339 (68.0) | 384 (79.3) | 430 (87.7) |
| Rural | 130 (5.3) | 10 (2.0) | 10 (2.0) | 18 (3.6) | 27 (5.6) | 65 (13.2) |
| Heart transplant hospital | 110 (4.5) | 39 (8.0) | 41 (8.3) | 21 (4.2) | 9 (1.9) | 0 (0.0) |
| Cath hospital | 1651 (67.0) | 392 (80.0) | 404 (82.2) | 382 (76.7) | 308 (63.6) | 165 (33.6) |
| PCI hospital | 1651 (67.0) | 392 (80.0) | 404 (82.2) | 382 (76.7) | 308 (63.6) | 165 (33.6) |
| CABG hospital | 1637 (66.7) | 391 (79.7) | 401 (81.0) | 378 (75.9) | 303 (62.6) | 164 (33.4) |
| Bedsize (mean, SD) | 259.5 (208) | 305.6 (212) | 335.7 (225) | 294.8 (242) | 211.1 (168) | 149.1 (107) |
| Ownership | ||||||
| non-profit | 1708 (69.6) | 271 (55.3) | 349 (71.0) | 356 (71.4) | 370 (76.4) | 362 (73.0) |
| private, for-profit | 429 (17.4) | 142 (28.9) | 80 (16.2) | 90 (18.0) | 58 (11.9) | 59 (12.0) |
| public | 316 (12.8) | 77 (15.7) | 62 (12.6) | 52 (10.4) | 56 (11.5) | 69 (14.0) |
| Census division | ||||||
| New England | 148 (6.0) | 2 (0.40) | 13 (2.6) | 20 (4.0) | 31 (6.4) | 82 (16.7) |
| Middle Atlantic | 345 (14.0) | 13 (2.7) | 35 (7.1) | 68 (13.6) | 96 (19.8) | 133 (27.1) |
| South Atlantic | 180 (7.3) | 53 (10.8) | 36 (7.3) | 33 (6.6) | 30 (6.2) | 28 (5.7) |
| East North Central | 456 (18.5) | 80 (16.3) | 91 (18.5) | 121 (24.2) | 106 (21.9) | 58 (11.8) |
| East South Central | 174 (7.1) | 19 (3.9) | 56 (11.4) | 35 (7.0) | 26 (5.4) | 38 (7.8) |
| West North Central | 422 (17.2) | 36 (7.3) | 74 (15.0) | 107 (21.4) | 104 (21.4) | 101 (20.6) |
| West South Central | 286 (11.6) | 134 (27.3) | 61 (12.4) | 31 (6.2) | 35 (7.2) | 25 (5.1) |
| Mountain | 132 (5.4) | 70 (14.2) | 36 (7.3) | 15 (3.0) | 10 (2.1) | 1 (0.20) |
| Pacific | 282 (11.4) | 55 (11.2) | 89 (18.1) | 68 (13.6) | 46 (9.5) | 24 (4.9) |
Abbreviations: AMI, acute myocardial infarction; CABG, coronary artery bypass graft surgery; COTH, Council of Teaching Hospitals; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention, SD, standard deviation
p<0.0001 for all comparisons across quintiles using ANOVA for continuous variables and chi-square test for categorical variables