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. 2012 Dec 20;28(3):436–443. doi: 10.1007/s11606-012-2234-y

Table 1.

Description of Study Sample (Hospitals)

Hospital ID Region % of Patients from Low Socioeconomic Zip codesa RSMR %b Ownership status Teaching status Performance statusc
05-06 06-07
1 Pacific 8.1 13.4 13.4 Nonprofit Yes High
2 East North Central 30.7 13.8 12.8 Nonprofit Yes High
3 Middle Atlantic 14.0 13.4 13.3 Nonprofit Yes High
4 New England 19.4 13.1 13.3 Nonprofit Yes High
5 New England 5.6 13.3 13.4 Nonprofit Yes High
6 Middle Atlantic 1.9 14.0 13.2 Nonprofit Yes High
7 East North Central 4.9 11.4 14.0 Nonprofit No High
8 South Atlantic 44.2 18.6 19.1 Nonprofit Yes Low
9 South Atlantic 25.3 17.9 18.7 Nonprofit No Low
10 West South Central 20.8 20.9 19.6 Government No Low
11 East North Central 0.0 20.6 19.9 Nonprofit No Low

a Percentage of patients with AMI in that hospital who were from ZIP codes rated in the lowest quintile of socioeconomic status, as measured by the Socioeconomic Status scale

bRSMR Risk-standardized mortality rate

cPerformance status: High performance status means low RSMR rates; Low performance means high RSMR rates