Table 3.

The Function of Boards Between Black-Serving and Non-Black-Serving Hospitals

	Black-serving hospitals	Non-black-serving hospitals	P-value*
	N = 235	N = 532
	%	%
Quality performance is on the agenda at every board meeting	60.2	67.7	P = 0.13
Board has a subcommittee on quality	57.1	65.7	P = 0.10
Board spends ≥ 20% of its time on quality-of-care issues	42.5	41.9	P = 0.92
Board regularly reviews quality dashboard	65.8	80.9	P = 0.001
Board reviews the following data on at least a quarterly basis:
Hospital-acquired infections	63.1	70.7	P = 0.15
Medication errors	60.8	72.4	P = 0.03
The Joint Commission’s core measures	59.2	57.5	P = 0.75
Patient satisfaction	67.8	77.5	P = 0.04

*Adjusted for hospital size using number of beds, hospital region, location (urban versus rural), teaching status, and ownership