Table 2.
Characteristics of hospitals that were and were not able to provide a price estimate for coronary artery bypass grafting
| Variable | Hospitals
|
* p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All hospitals, N=101 | Hospitals able to provide a price, N=53 | Hospitals unable to provide a price, N=48 | ||
| CABG volume | ||||
| < 50 | 24 (24%) | 12 (23%) | 12 (25%) | 0.87 |
| 50–99 | 34 (34%) | 16 (30%) | 18 (38%) | |
| 100–199 | 28 (28%) | 17 (32%) | 11 (23%) | |
| > 200 | 15 (15%) | 8 (15.%) | 7 (15%) | |
| Geographic Region | ||||
| North Mid-Atlantic | 17 (17%) | 6 (11%) | 11 (23%) | <0.01 |
| South Atlantic | 18 (18%) | 9 (17%) | 9 (19%) | |
| North Central | 15 (15%) | 14 (26%) | 1 (2%) | |
| South Central | 25 (25%) | 6 (11%) | 19 (40%) | |
| Mountain-Pacific | 26 (26%) | 18 (34%) | 8 (17%) | |
| Teaching Status | ||||
| Yes | 29 (29%) | 14 (26%) | 15 (31%) | 0.6 |
| No | 72 (71%) | 39 (74%) | 33 (69%) | |
| Location | ||||
| Urban | 82 (81%) | 39 (74%) | 43 (90%) | 0.04 |
| Rural | 19 (19%) | 14 (26%) | 5 (10%) | |
| Ownership | ||||
| Non-profit | 73 (72%) | 41 (77%) | 32 (67%) | 0.4 |
| For-profit | 16 (16%) | 6 (11%) | 10 (21%) | |
| Government | 12 (12%) | 6 (11%) | 6 (13%) | |
| STS Scores availability | N = 39 | N = 23 | N = 16 | |
| Mortality scores | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 0.53 |
| Composite scores | 96.4 | 96.6 | 96.2 | 0.34 |
*
p Values compare hospitals that provided a price for CABG with hospitals that were unable to provide a price.
Bold value indicates statistically significance.