Table 1.
E-cigarette policies and demographics of NC hospitals.
| Hospital Characteristics | Survey Responders (n = 75) | Non-Responders (n = 46) | p-Value * | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| % (n) | % (n) | |||
| E-cigarette policy † | Yes | 81.3% (61) | 77.5% (31) | 0.62 |
| No | 18.7% (14) | 22.5% (9) | ||
| Hospital service type | General acute | 94.7% (71) | 93.5% (43) | 0.79 |
| Psychiatric | 5.3% (4) | 6.5% (3) | ||
| Type of ownership | For-profit | 10.7% (8) | 8.7% (4) | 0.72 |
| Not-for-profit | 61.3% (46) | 56.5% (26) | ||
| Federal government | 2.7% (2) | 4.4% (2) | ||
| Non-federal government | 25.3% (19) | 30.4% (14) | ||
| Setting | Urban | 52.0% (39) | 50.0% (23) | 0.83 |
| Rural | 48.0% (36) | 50.0% (23) | ||
| Bed size | Small: <100 beds | 34.7% (26) | 50.0% (23) | 0.14 |
| Medium: 100–299 beds | 42.7% (32) | 39.1% (18) | ||
| Large: >299 beds | 22.7% (17) | 10.9% (5) | ||
| AMA resident status | Teaching | 20.0% (15) | 8.7% (4) | 0.13 |
| Non-teaching | 80.0% (60) | 91.3% (42) | ||
* p-value from χ2 test or Fisher’s Exact test. † E-cigarette policies from survey non-responders were determined by contacting these hospitals after the survey was closed and asking whether the hospital had a policy regulating the use of e-cigarettes. Policies were obtained from 40 of 46 non-responding hospitals.