Table 1.

Characteristics of hospitals (n=1,263) and nursing units (n=6,100) contributing information about patient falls to the NDNQI, July 1, 2006 – September 30, 2008.

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
25^th percentile (Q1)	283 (25.7)	1,418 (26.2)	3.34	0.85
50^th percentile (Q2)	263 (23.9)	1,356 (25.1)	3.58	0.93
75^th percentile (Q3)	265 (24.0)	1,296 (24.0)	3.59	0.94
100^th 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.