Table 3.

Site Characteristics of More- and Less-Aggressive Hospitals

	More Aggressive Hospitals N=8	Less Aggressive Hospitals N=16	p-value
Practice Location			0.298
Urban	87.5%	56.3%
Suburban	12.5%	37.5%
Rural	0%	6.3%
Hospital Type			0.424
Not for Profit	100%	81.3%
For Profit	0%	6.3%
VA/Governmental	0%	12.6%
Teaching Status
University or Affiliated	87.5%	81.3%	0.699
Cardiology Fellows	87.5%	56.3%	0.126
Residents	87.5%	68.8%	0.317
Total Beds	615 ± 272	590 ± 325	0.856
Intensive Care Beds	74 ± 35	45 ± 43	0.139
PCIs	87.5%	87.5%
PCI Volume	1253 ± 608	831 ± 819	0.345

PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention