. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 26.

Published in final edited form as: Health Care Manage Rev. 2014 Oct-Dec;39(4):352–360. doi: 10.1097/HMR.0000000000000013

Table 3.

Hospital-level characteristics of high, medium, and low hospital fall rate trajectory groups with odds ratios comparing “consistent high” fall rate trajectory group to “consistently medium and low” fall rate trajectory groups (N = 1,529)

Hospital-level variable	High	Medium	Low	OR [95% CI]^a
Hospital-level variable	(n = 348)	(n = 840)	(n = 341)	OR [95% CI]^a
Bed size (≥300)	41.22	53.73	51.80	0.70 [0.51, 0.94]^*
Magnet	16.13	31.46	30.82	0.49 [0.34, 0.70]^**
Teaching	53.31	58.53	46.23	1.16 [0.86, 1.56]
Metropolitan (urban/suburban)	91.76	93.97	94.16	0.81 [0.48, 1.37]
Region
Northeast	27.96	23.49	26.56	1.07 [0.66, 1.74]
Midwest	20.07	14.79	7.14	1.55 [0.93, 2.58]
South	39.79	48.75	45.83	0.81(0.51–1.28)
West	10.92	11.29	13.69	Referent
Hospital nurse staffing
Total nursing hours per patient day	8.01	8.36	8.39	0.92 [0.85, 0.99]^*
Skill mix (mean RN, %)	64.91	66.00	65.45	0.99 [0.98, 1.01]
Process of care variables
Fall prevention protocol	0.76	0.74	0.75	1.45 [0.67, 3.18]

Note. RN = registered nurse; OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.

Comparing hospitals in high-fall group with all other hospitals in medium- and low-fall groups, controlling for the proportion of medical unit observations per hospital.

Significance at p < .05.

^**

Significance at p < .01.