TABLE 1.
Comparison of Hospital Characteristics in Get With the Guidelines (GWTG-R) Hospitals and Other Hospitals in the Multistate Hospital Sample
| Hospital Characteristics | N (%)
|
Significance (P) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GWTG-R Hospitals (N = 75) | Other Hospitals (N = 526) | Total (N = 601) | ||
| Beds | ||||
| ≤250 | 30 (40.0) | 310 (58.9) | 340 (56.6) | 0.008 |
| 251–500 | 35 (46.7) | 168 (31.9) | 203 (33.8) | |
| ≥501 | 10 (13.3) | 48 (9.1) | 58 (9.7) | |
| Technology status | ||||
| Not high | 34 (45.3) | 306 (58.1) | 340 (56.6) | 0.036 |
| High | 41 (54.7) | 220 (41.8) | 261 (43.4) | |
| Teaching status | ||||
| None | 31 (41.3) | 267 (50.7) | 298 (49.6) | 0.195 |
| Minimum | 35 (46.7) | 220 (41.8) | 255 (42.4) | |
| Major | 9 (12.0) | 39 (7.4) | 48 (7.9) | |
| Ownership | ||||
| Nonprofit | 60 (80.0) | 425 (80.7) | 485 (80.7) | 0.885 |
| For-profit | 15 (20.0) | 101 (19.2) | 116 (19.3) | |
| State | ||||
| California | 23 (30.7) | 212 (19.2) | 235 (39.1) | 0.461 |
| Florida | 23 (30.7) | 136 (25.9) | 159 (26.5) | |
| New Jersey | 10 (13.3) | 61 (11.6) | 71 (11.8) | |
| Pennsylvania | 19 (25.3) | 117 (22.2) | 136 (22.6) | |
| Location | ||||
| Urban | 71 (94.7) | 473 (89.9) | 544 (90.5) | 0.190 |
| Rural | 4 (5.3) | 53 (10.1) | 57 (9.5) | |
| System | ||||
| System member | 58 (77.3) | 362 (69.0) | 420 (69.9) | 0.133 |
| Not in system | 17 (22.7) | 164 (31.2) | 181 (30.1) | |
| % Medicaid | ||||
| High | 7 (90.7) | 59 (11.2) | 66 (10.9) | 0.626 |
| Not high | 68 (9.3) | 467 (88.7) | 535 (89.0) | |
| Work environment | ||||
| Poor | 28 (37.3) | 236 (44.9) | 264 (43.9) | 0.277 |
| Mixed | 22 (29.3) | 158 (30.0) | 180 (29.9) | |
| Good | 25 (33.3) | 132 (25.1) | 157 (26.1) | |
| ICU staffing | ||||
| < 2 patients/nurse | 23 (30.7) | 160 (30.4) | 183 (30.5) | 0.242 |
| 2–2.5 patients/nurse | 35 (46.7) | 201 (38.1) | 236 (39.3) | |
| > 2.5 patients/nurse | 17 (22.7) | 165 (31.4) | 182 (30.3) | |
| Medical-surgical staffing | ||||
| < 5 patients/nurse | 13 (17.3) | 105 (19.9) | 118 (19.6) | 0.238 |
| 5–7 patients/nurse | 36 (48.0) | 199 (37.8) | 235 (39.1) | |
| > 7 patients/nurse | 26 (34.7) | 222 (42.2) | 248 (41.3) | |
Significance (P) is the probability associated with the χ2 test to see whether the different hospital characteristics are identical in the 2 groups of hospitals.
GWTG-R indicates Get With The Guidelines-Resuscitation; ICU, intensive care unit.