. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2015 Apr;41(4):169–176. doi: 10.1016/s1553-7250(15)41022-0

Table 1.

Characteristics of Hospitals Surveyed Compared to Those That Responded to the Open-Ended Prompt

	Total N (%)	No Response to Prompt^* n (%)	Response to Prompt n (%)	P Value^†

Teaching^‡				.80
Yes	215 (35)	171 (35)	44 (34)
No	408 (65)	321 (65)	87 (66)

No. of Beds^‡				.005
< 200	332 (53)	277 (56)	55 (42)
200–400	179 (29)	138 (28)	41 (32)
> 400	110 (18)	76 (15)	34 (26)

Population Served^‡				.001
Rural	202 (32)	142 (28)	60 (48)
Urban	421 (68)	355 (72)	66 (52)

Sampling Strata				.001
> expected	210 (33.3)	191 (38)	19 (15)
expected	210 (33.3)	166 (33)	44 (34)
< expected	210 (33.3)	142 (28)	68 (52)

Includes hospitals that did not return a questionnaire and those that returned a questionnaire but did not respond to the open-ended prompt.

^†

p value (chi-square test) compares hospitals with “No response” and “Response” to prompt.

^‡

Missing data—American Hospital Association data could not be matched to some hospitals.