Table 2.
Comparison of Hospital Characteristics by Critical Access Hospital Status and Hospital Volume Quartiles*
| CAH | Non-CAH According to Hospital Volume Quartile |
Non-CAH | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <25th | 25th-50th | 50th-75th | >75th | Overall | ||
| No. of hospitals | 1165 | 840 | 838 | 838 | 838 | 3380 |
| Total admissions, median (IQR) | 679 (400.5-1045.5) | 2130 (1410-3151) | 4442 (3397-6213) | 8800 (6954-11967) | 17849 (13674.5-25139) | 7225 (3368-13819) |
| Medicare discharges, median (IQR) | ||||||
| Overall | 395 (238.5-596.5) | 977 (644-1327) | 2034 (1564-2627) | 4004 (3173-4895) | 7775.5 (6174-10254) | 3117 (1500-5783) |
| Stroke | 7 (3-12) | 14 (7-22) | 36 (26.5-48) | 82 (62-105) | 180 (138.5-247) | 55 (23-120) |
| Medicaid discharges, median (IQR) | 74 (33-139) | 350 (160-624) | 742 (459-1208) | 1423 (881-2271) | 2536.5 (1613-4110) | 1045 (471-2197) |
| Bed size, median (IQR) | 25 (25-55) | 60 (40-111) | 109 (74-159) | 190 (139-258) | 352.5 (266-504) | 161 (85-285) |
| Nurse-to-patient ratio, median (IQR) | 0.04 (0.03-0.06) | 0.03 (0.02-0.04) | 0.03 (0.03-0.04) | 0.03 (0.03-0.04) | 0.03 (0.03-0.04) | 0.03 (0.03-0.04) |
| JC-certified Primary Stroke Center, % | 22.8 | 65.2 | 86 | 94.3 | 96.8 | 85.6 |
| Ownership, % | ||||||
| Public/municipal | 37.3 | 29.9 | 14.1 | 13.3 | 7.9 | 16.2 |
| Private, not-for-profit | 43.3 | 40.9 | 57.9 | 66.5 | 83.7 | 62.1 |
| Private, for-profit | 2.5 | 20.1 | 23.9 | 18.3 | 8.2 | 17.9 |
| Federal/military | 0.1 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| Not reported | 16.9 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 |
| Teaching hospital, % | 3.4 | 12.5 | 14.7 | 29.4 | 53.9 | 27.5 |