Table 1.
Characteristic | Number of Hospitals* N (percent of valid sample) | Number of Nursing Units* N (percent of valid sample) | Fall Rate per 1,000 patient days | Injurious Fall Rate per 1,000 patient days |
---|---|---|---|---|
Unit type | N = 6,100 | |||
Medical | -- | 1,949 (31.9) | 4.03 | 1.08 |
Surgical | -- | 1,530 (25.1) | 2.76 | 0.67 |
Medical-surgical | -- | 2,621 (43.0) | 3.62 | 0.95 |
Staffing level (total RN and LPN time) | N = 1,102 | N = 5,406 | ||
25th percentile (Q1) | 283 (25.7) | 1,418 (26.2) | 3.34 | 0.85 |
50th percentile (Q2) | 263 (23.9) | 1,356 (25.1) | 3.58 | 0.93 |
75th percentile (Q3) | 265 (24.0) | 1,296 (24.0) | 3.59 | 0.94 |
100th percentile (Q4) | 291 (26.9) | 1,336 (24.7) | 3.54 | 0.92 |
Region | N = 1,133 | N = 5,604 | ||
Northeast | 285 (25.1) | 1,467 (26.2) | 3.64 | 0.83 |
Midwest | 155 (13.7) | 754 (13.4) | 3.60 | 1.01 |
South | 568 (50.1) | 2,792 (49.8) | 3.49 | 0.91 |
West | 125 (11.0) | 591 (10.5) | 3.47 | 1.04 |
Metropolitan Status | N = 1,133 | N = 5,604 | ||
Metropolitain area | 1,010 (89.1) | 5,292 (94.4) | 3.53 | 0.90 |
Micropolitain area | 108 (9.5) | 285 (5.1) | 3.86 | 1.21 |
Neither metro or micro area | 15 (1.3) | 27 (0.5) | 3.53 | 1.20 |
Hospital Bed Size | N = 1,133 | N = 5,604 | ||
<100 | 186 (16.4) | 325 (5.8) | 3.49 | 1.09 |
100–199 | 327 (28.9) | 1,042 (18.6) | 3.60 | 0.98 |
200–299 | 245 (21.6) | 1,173 (20.9) | 3.60 | 0.95 |
300–399 | 170 (15.0) | 1,046 (18.7) | 3.46 | 0.94 |
400–499 | 89 (7.9) | 706 (12.6) | 3.67 | 0.92 |
500+ | 116 (10.2) | 1,312 (23.4) | 3.46 | 0.80 |
Hospital Magnet Status | N = 1,133 | N = 5,604 | ||
Magnet | 220 (19.4) | 1,553 (27.7) | 3.42 | 0.89 |
Non-magnet | 913 (80.6) | 4,051 (72.3) | 3.59 | 0.93 |
Academic Status | N = 1,113 | N = 5,604 | ||
Academic medical center | 127 (11.2) | 1,157 (20.6) | 3.45 | 0.77 |
Teaching | 388 (34.3) | 2,125 (37.9) | 3.62 | 0.92 |
Non-teaching | 618 (54.5) | 2,322 (41.4) | 3.51 | 0.99 |
Based on available data.