TABLE 1.

Study Hospital Characteristics (n=564)

	Mean (SD) or No. (%)
Characteristic	Magnet (n=56)	Non-Magnet (n=508)	P *
Nursing-related characteristic
Nurse work environment (PES-NWI)	2.86 (0.18)	2.66 (0.22)	<0.001
Proportion of nurses holding a BSN or higher	0.46 (0.12)	0.39 (0.14)	<0.001
Proportion of specialty-certified nurses	0.40 (0.14)	0.36 (0.13)	0.029
Staffing, patients per nurse	4.82 (0.73)	5.03 (1.09)	0.056
Skill mix (ratio of RNs to total licensed staff)	0.75 (0.04)	0.75 (0.08)	0.746
Supplemental nurse staffing	0.39 (0.35)	0.51 (0.54)	0.025
Proportion of medical-surgical unit nurses	0.16 (0.07)	0.17 (0.09)	0.363
Proportion of intensive care unit nurses	0.17 (0.06)	0.17 (0.09)	0.911
Proportion of US-educated nurses	0.85 (0.11)	0.86 (0.15)	0.780
Years of experience at current hospital	11.5 (2.9)	11.4 (2.9)	0.816
Proportion of female nurses	0.94 (0.04)	0.93 (0.05)	0.099
Composite nursing measure	0.24 (0.17)	0.08 (0.10)	<0.001
Hospital characteristic
State, no. (%)			<0.001
New Jersey	18 (32.1)	52 (10.2)
Pennsylvania	11 (19.6)	123 (24.2)
Florida	17 (30.4)	124 (24.4)
California	10 (17.9)	209 (41.1)
No. of beds	398 (195)	261 (193)	<0.001
Technology status, no. (%)			<0.001
High	39 (69.6)	212 (41.7)
Low	17 (30.4)	296 (58.3)
Teaching status, no. (%)			0.052
Major	9 (16.1)	36 (7.1)
Minor	23 (41.1)	208 (40.9)
Non-teaching	24 (42.9)	264 (52.0)
Non-profit ownership, no. (%)	56 (100.0)	406 (79.9)	<0.001

^*t-tests for hospital specific means and chi-square tests for binary variables