Table 1.
Characteristics of the Study Hospitals
| SIT-ED Hospital Characteristics | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital | Location | Urban/Rural | Inpatient Beds | Adult ED Volume | Teaching Hospital | Neurology |
| 1 | Ann Arbor | Urban | 792 | 50,918 | Yes | Yes |
| 2 | Ypsilanti | Urban | 529 | 65,259 | Yes | Yes |
| 3 | Flint | Urban | 463 | 54,707* | Yes | Yes |
| 4 | Jackson | Rural | 411 | 52,500 | No | Yes |
| INSTINCT Hospital Characteristics | N (%) | |||||
| Inpatient Beds | ||||||
| < 100 | 4 (17) | |||||
| 101 – 250 | 11 (46) | |||||
| 251 – 500 | 6 (25) | |||||
| > 500 | 3 (13) | |||||
| Annual ED Volume (adult) | ||||||
| < 20,000 | 7 (29) | |||||
| 20,001 – 40,000 | 8 (33) | |||||
| 40,001 – 60,000 | 8 (33) | |||||
| 60,001 – 80,000 | 1 (4) | |||||
| General | ||||||
| Teaching hospital | 11 (46) | |||||
| Neurology available | 22 (92) | |||||
| Primary stroke center | 8 (33) | |||||
| Urban | 8 (33) | |||||
Characteristics of the hospitals included from 1996–2004 (SIT-ED) and 2007–2010 (INSTINCT).
Different data collection strategies were used to summarize hospital data.
*
This hospital reported combined adult and pediatric volume.