TABLE 2.
Characteristics of Samples
| EFA (N = 307) |
CFA (N = 307) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | M | (SD) | M | (SD) |
| Hospital patient days | 56,348 | (61,463) | 61,356 | (60,585) |
| ICU beds (number) | 30 | (37) | 39 | (48) |
| n | (%) | n | (%) | |
| Setting | ||||
| Urban | 67 | (22) | 96 | (31) |
| Suburban | 106 | (35) | 104 | (34) |
| Rural | 131 | (43) | 106 | (35) |
| Location | ||||
| Northeast | 61 | (20) | 65 | (21) |
| South | 102 | (33) | 102 | (33) |
| Midwest | 96 | (31) | 82 | (27) |
| West | 45 | (15) | 54 | (18) |
| Other (AK, PR, HI) | 3 | (1) | 4 | (1) |
| Beds | ||||
| ≤200 | 158 | (52) | 142 | (48) |
| 201–500 | 106 | (35) | 111 | (37) |
| 501–1,000 | 32 | (10) | 41 | (14) |
| ≥1,001 | 1 | (1) | 4 | (1) |
| ICU type | ||||
| Medical/surgical | 238 | (78) | 218 | (71) |
| Medical | 37 | (12) | 41 | (13) |
| Other | 32 | (10) | 48 | (16) |
Note. The overall sample of 614 was randomly split into EFA and CFA subsamples for the analyses
AK = Alaska; CFA = confirmatory factor analysis; EFA = exploratory factor analysis; HI = Hawaii; ICU = intensive care unit; PR = Puerto Rico; SD = standard deviation.