Table 1.
Sample characteristics overall and by facility type
| All Facilities % (n) |
Acute Care Hospitals % (n) |
ASC % (n) |
Dialysis % (n) |
LTCF % (n) |
Physician Practice % (n) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 100.0 (234) | 100.0 (78) | 100.0 (16) | 100.0 (43) | 100.0 (59) | 100.0 (38) |
| Ownership | ||||||
| For-profit, private | 41.9 (98) | 19.2 (15) | 100.0 (16) | 58.1 (25) | 44.1 (26) | 42.1 (16) |
| Not-for-profit, private | 40.2 (94) | 55.1 (43) | 0.0 | 39.5 (17) | 35.6 (21) | 34.2 (13) |
| Public, federal or state/local | 18.0 (42) | 25.6 (20) | 0.0 | 2.3 (1) | 20.3 (12) | 23.7 (9) |
| Area | ||||||
| Urban | 55.1 (129) | 57.7 (45) | 62.5 (10) | 48.1 (21) | 52.5 (31) | 57.9 (22) |
| Suburban | 22.7 (53) | 21.8 (17) | 31.3 (5) | 27.9 (12) | 27.1 (16) | 7.9 (3) |
| Rural | 22.2 (52) | 20.5 (16) | 6.3 (1) | 23.3 (10) | 20.3 (12) | 34.2 (13) |
| Previous experience offering HCP influenza vaccine | ||||||
| Never offered | 0.9 (2) | 0.0 | 12.5 (2) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Offered 1–4 years | 9.8 (22) | 5.1 (4) | 12.5 (2) | 16.3 (7) | 13.6 (8) | 5.3 (2) |
| Offered 5 or more years | 89.3 (209) | 94.9 (74) | 75.0 (12) | 83.7 (36) | 86.4 (51) | 94.7 (36) |
| Previous experience measuring HCP vaccination | ||||||
| Never measured | 28.2 (66) | 0.0 | 93.8 (15) | 23.3 (10) | 28.8 (17) | 63.2 (24) |
| Measured during 2009–2010 only | 8.1 (19) | 2.6 (2) | 0.0 | 16.3 (7) | 11.9 (7) | 7.9 (3) |
| Measured 2–4 years | 23.5 (55) | 44.9 (35) | 6.3 (1) | 11.6 (5) | 15.3 (9) | 13.2 (5) |
| Measured 5 or more years | 40.2 (94) | 52.6 (41) | 0.0 | 48.8 (21) | 44.1 (26) | 15.8 (6) |
| Formally share vaccination rates with HCP a | 79.8 (134) | 82.1 (64) | 100.0 (1) | 81.8 (27) | 71.4 (30) | 85.7 (12) |
| Facility policy on HCP vaccination b | ||||||
| Recommended but not required | 39.9 (91) | 24.7 (19) | 50.0 (8) | 57.1 (24) | 26.3 (15) | 69.4 (25) |
| Declination required with no consequences | 54.4 (124) | 66.2 (51) | 37.5 (6) | 40.5 (17) | 68.4 (39) | 30.6 (11) |
| Declination required with consequences | 3.1 (7) | 7.8 (6) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 (1) | 0.0 |
| No policy | 2.6 (6) | 1.3 (1) | 12.5 (2) | 2.4 (1) | 3.5 (2) | 0.0 |
ASC: Ambulatory Surgery Center; LTCF: Long-Term Care Facility; HCP: healthcare personnel.
a
Restricted to those who have previously measured influenza vaccination rates among healthcare personnel.
b
Does not include “other” responses that could not be otherwise categorized.