Table 2.
Characteristics of Hospitals by Quartiles of Percent of Dual Eligible Patients, 2009
| Characteristics | Percent of Hospitals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st (Lowest) Quartile | 2nd Quartile | 3rd Quartile | 4th (Highest) Quartile | |
| Teaching status (%)* | ||||
| Nonteaching | 68.5 | 66.1 | 67.4 | 74.6 |
| Other teaching | 27.6 | 27.3 | 22.5 | 14.0 |
| Major teaching | 3.9 | 6.6 | 10.1 | 11.5 |
| Number of beds (%) | ||||
| 0–99 | 36.0 | 31.7 | 35.5 | 44.6 |
| 100–399 | 54.4 | 56.0 | 50.8 | 47.8 |
| 400 or more | 9.6 | 12.4 | 13.7 | 7.6 |
| Ownership (%) | ||||
| For-profit | 21.2 | 14.6 | 18.4 | 25.8 |
| Government | 7.5 | 15.5 | 20.8 | 30.4 |
| Not-for-profit | 71.3 | 69.9 | 60.8 | 43.8 |
| Geographic location (%) | ||||
| Large urban area | 49.5 | 33.9 | 33.3 | 38.6 |
| Other urban area | 33.7 | 38.7 | 36.2 | 20.2 |
| Rural area | 16.8 | 27.4 | 30.5 | 41.2 |
| Number of ACSC discharges/1,000 Medicare enrollees† | 68.5 | 71.7 | 76.7 | 79.4 |
| Average % of dual eligible patients (%)‡ | 13.9 | 23.6 | 33.0 | 54.7 |
| Number of hospitals | 840 | 840 | 840 | 839 |
Note. Sample includes 3,359 short-term acute care hospitals with at least 25 discharges in 2009.
*
Hospitals with intern and resident-to-bed ratios equal to or greater than 0.25 were classified as major teaching institutions. Hospitals with intern and resident-to-bed ratios greater than 0 and less than 0.25 were classified as other teaching institutions.
†
Number of ACSC discharges per 1,000 Medicare enrollees comes from 2007 Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care data and was calculated at the Hospital Referral Region level. The overall average is 74.1.
‡
Overall percent of dual eligible patients is 31.3%.
ACSC, ambulatory care sensitive condition.
Source. Authors' analysis.