Table 1.

Summary statistics of the hospitals included in this study.

Characteristic		Sample (N=474)		All US hospitals, % (N=4739)
		n	%
Hospital is still in operation		472	99.6
Hospital has a website		453	95.6
Hospital region
	New England	19	4.0	4.0
	Middle Atlantic	41	8.6	9.0
	East North Central	82	17.3	15.6
	West North Central	57	12.0	13.6
	South Atlantic	67	14.1	14.6
	East South Central	43	9.1	8.5
	West South Central	70	14.8	14.6
	Mountain	49	10.3	7.9
	Pacific	42	8.9	11.0
	Associated Areas	4	0.8	1.2
Urban/rural status
	Urban	277	58.4	60.4
	Rural	197	41.6	39.6
Number of beds
	<25	77	16.2	17.3
	25-49	104	21.9	22.5
	50-99	80	16.9	16.3
	100-199	105	22.2	22.6
	200-299	56	11.8	10.8
	300-399	23	4.9	5.6
	400-499	15	3.2	2.3
	500+	14	3.0	2.5
Hospital ownership
	Nonprofit	268	56.5	58.0
	For profit	92	19.4	16.9
	Government	114	24.1	25.0
Hospital type
	Acute care	351	74.1	73.3
	Acute care veterans administration	13	2.7	2.7
	Children’s	1	0.2	0.5
	Critical access	109	23.0	23.5