TABLE 1.
Hospital Characteristics of Study Hospitals Compared With Nonstudy Hospitals Nationally
| Variables | Study Hospitalsa | Nonstudy Hospitalsa | Pb |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beds, n (%) | |||
| 1–99 beds | 258 (31.5) | 3166 (56.2) | |
| 100–299 beds | 354 (43.3) | 1690 (30.0) | <.001 |
| ≥300 beds | 206 (25.2) | 778 (13.8) | |
| Teaching hospital, n (%) | 53 (6.5) | 329 (5.8) | .47 |
| Ownership, n (%) | |||
| Government (nonfederal) | 162 (19.8) | 1275 (23.5) | |
| Not-for-profit (private) | 445 (54.4) | 2753 (50.8) | .048 |
| Investor-owned | 211 (25.8) | 1390 (25.7) | |
| Urban hospital, n (%) | 636 (77.8) | 3568 (63.3) | <.001 |
| Freestanding children’s hospital, n (%) | 14 (2.2) | 90 (2.1) | .88 |
| % Medicaid, mean | 19.2 | 14.5 | <.001 |
a
Hospital characteristics measured using AHA 2008 data. This includes hospitals to which patients aged 1 to 21 were admitted with 1 of the disease categories we analyzed, for which AHA data were available (n = 877 hospitals, 92% of study hospitals; n = 5636 other hospitals in the AHA).
b
χ2 used for categorical variables; t test used for continuous variables.