Table 1.
Numbers and Percentages of Study Hospitals with Different Characteristics, and Number and Percentages of Patients and Nurses in Study Hospitals
| Hospitals (n = 517) | Patients (n = 20,409) | Nurses (n = 25,265) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital Characteristic | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) |
| Location | ||||||
| California | 196 | (37.9) | 5,945 | (29.1) | 7,794 | (30.8) |
| Florida | 145 | (28.0) | 6,914 | (33.9) | 5,594 | (22.1) |
| New Jersey | 64 | (12.4) | 2,090 | (10.2) | 5,521 | (21.9) |
| Pennsylvania | 112 | (21.7) | 5,460 | (26.8) | 6,356 | (25.2) |
| Nurse staffing (Patients/nurse) | ||||||
| 4 or fewer | 230 | (44.5) | 906 | (4.4) | 12,265 | (60.4) |
| 5 | 153 | (29.6) | 3,400 | (16.7) | 2,564 | (12.6) |
| 6 | 76 | (14.7) | 5,821 | (28.5) | 2,061 | (10.1) |
| 7 or more | 58 | (11.2) | 10,282 | (50.4) | 3,422 | (16.8) |
| Nurse practice environment | ||||||
| Poor | 150 | (29.0) | 4,108 | (20.1) | 5,833 | (23.2) |
| Mixed | 216 | (41.8) | 9,131 | (44.7) | 10,750 | (42.7) |
| Good | 151 | (29.2) | 7,170 | (35.1) | 8,575 | (34.1) |
| Volume | ||||||
| Low/medium | 347 | (67.1) | 4,596 | (22.5) | 11,786 | (46.8) |
| High | 170 | (32.9) | 15,813 | (77.5) | 13,372 | (53.2) |
| Technology | ||||||
| Not high technology | 261 | (50.5) | 4,719 | (23.1) | 9,170 | (36.5) |
| High technology | 256 | (49.5) | 15,690 | (76.9) | 15,988 | (63.5) |
| Teaching status | ||||||
| None | 240 | (47.2) | 7,496 | (37.0) | 9,973 | (40.0) |
| Minor | 226 | (44.5) | 8,828 | (43.6) | 11,112 | (44.6) |
| Major | 42 | (8.3) | 3,931 | (19.4) | 3,835 | (15.4) |