Table 2.
Hospital Characteristics for Veterans Affairs and non-Veterans Affairs Hospitals, 2010–2013.
| Variable (%) | Acute myocardial infarction | Heart failure | Pneumonia | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VA | Non-VA | P-value for difference | VA | Non-VA | P-value for difference | VA | Non-VA | P-value for difference | |
| Total no. of hospitals* | 99 (6.7) | 1373 (93.3) | -- | 100 (6.5) | 1428 (93.5) | -- | 100 (6.5) | 1434 (93.5) | -- |
| Total no. of staffed beds | |||||||||
| ≤50 | 3 (3.0) | 107 (7.8) | 0.04 | 3 (3.0) | 136 (9.5) | 0.04 | 3 (3.0) | 143 (10.0) | 0.03 |
| 51–100 | 18 (18.2) | 140 (10.2) | 18 (18.0) | 154 (10.8) | 18 (18.0) | 153 (10.7) | |||
| 101–200 | 21 (21.2) | 356 (25.9) | 22 (22.0) | 364 (25.5) | 22 (22.0) | 363 (25.3) | |||
| 201–300 | 24 (24.2) | 272 (19.8) | 24 (24.0) | 275 (19.3) | 24 (24.0) | 275 (19.2) | |||
| >300 | 33 (33.3) | 498 (36.3) | 33 (33.0) | 499 (34.9) | 33 (33.0) | 500 (34.9) | |||
| Medicare condition-specific 3-y volume | |||||||||
| ≤15 | 13 (13.1) | 162 (11.8) | <0.001 | 1 (1.0) | 59 (4.1) | <0.001 | 1 (1.0) | 50 (3.5) | <0.001 |
| 16–45 | 15 (15.2) | 206 (15.0) | 2 (2.0) | 106 (7.4) | 0 (0.0) | 81 (5.6) | |||
| 46–150 | 52 (52.5) | 412 (30.0) | 23 (23.0) | 340 (23.8) | 26 (26.0) | 358 (25.0) | |||
| 151–480 | 18 (18.2) | 511 (37.2) | 66 (66.0) | 598 (41.9) | 67 (67.0) | 702 (49.0) | |||
| >480 | 1 (1.0) | 82 (6.0) | 8 (8.0) | 325 (22.8) | 6 (6.0) | 243 (16.9) | |||
| Ownership | |||||||||
| Public | 99 (100.0) | 161 (11.7) | <0.001 | 100 (100.0) | 179 (12.5) | <0.001 | 100 (100.0) | 181 (12.6) | <0.001 |
| Private not-for-profit | 0 (0.0) | 920 (67.0) | 0 (0.0) | 943 (66.0) | 0 (0.0) | 943 (65.8) | |||
| Private for-profit | 0 (0.0) | 292 (21.3) | 0 (0.0) | 306 (21.4) | 0 (0.0) | 310 (21.6) | |||
| Cardiac facilities | |||||||||
| Open heart surgery | 24 (24.2) | 1014 (73.9) | <0.001 | 24 (24.0) | 1040 (72.8) | <0.001 | 24 (24.0) | 1042 (72.7) | <0.001 |
| Interventional catheterization only | 10 (10.1) | 87 (6.3) | 10 (10.0) | 88 (6.2) | 10 (10.0) | 87 (6.1) | |||
| No interventional catheterization | 9 (9.1) | 135 (9.8) | 9 (9.0) | 145 (10.2) | 9 (9.0) | 145 (10.1) | |||
| Unknown | 56 (56.6) | 137 (10.0) | 57 (57.0) | 155 (10.9) | 57 (57.0) | 160 (11.2) | |||
| Joint Commission accreditation | |||||||||
| No | 1 (1.0) | 178 (13.0) | <0.001 | 1 (1.0) | 201 (14.1) | <0.001 | 1 (1.0) | 205 (14.3) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 98 (99.0) | 1195 (87.0) | 99 (99.0) | 1227 (85.9) | 99 (99.0) | 1229 (85.7) | |||
| Teaching status | |||||||||
| COTH member | 40 (40.4) | 178 (13.0) | <0.001 | 40 (40.0) | 180 (12.6) | <0.001 | 40 (40.0) | 180 (12.6) | <0.001 |
| Residency or fellowship program affiliated | 49 (49.5) | 339 (24.7) | 50 (50.0) | 350 (24.5) | 50 (50.0) | 350 (24.4) | |||
| Nonteaching | 10 (10.1) | 856 (62.3) | 10 (10.0) | 898 (62.9) | 10 (10.0) | 904 (63.0) | |||
| Census division | |||||||||
| New England | 1 (1.0) | 14 (1.0) | 0.31 | 1 (1.0) | 14 (1.0) | 0.43 | 1 (1.0) | 14 (1.0) | 0.43 |
| Middle Atlantic | 13 (13.1) | 224 (16.3) | 14 (14.0) | 227 (15.9) | 14 (14.0) | 227 (15.8) | |||
| South Atlantic | 9 (9.1) | 82 (6.0) | 9 (9.0) | 89 (6.2) | 9 (9.0) | 90 (6.3) | |||
| East North Central | 20 (20.2) | 226 (16.5) | 20 (20.0) | 234 (16.4) | 20 (20.0) | 234 (16.3) | |||
| East South Central | 11 (11.1) | 106 (7.7) | 11 (11.0) | 116 (8.1) | 11 (11.0) | 115 (8.0) | |||
| West North Central | 14 (14.1) | 232 (16.9) | 14 (14.0) | 238 (16.7) | 14 (14.0) | 238 (16.6) | |||
| West South Central | 10 (10.1) | 152 (11.1) | 10 (10.0) | 160 (11.2) | 10 (10.0) | 164 (11.4) | |||
| Mountain | 10 (10.1) | 79 (5.8) | 10 (10.0) | 84 (5.9) | 10 (10.0) | 85 (5.9) | |||
| Pacific | 10 (10.1) | 233 (17.0) | 10 (10.0) | 238 (16.7) | 10 (10.0) | 239 (16.7) | |||
| Other | 1 (1.0) | 25 (1.8) | 1 (1.0) | 28 (2.0) | 1 (1.0) | 28 (2.0) | |||
| MSA population size | |||||||||
| <100,000 | 2 (2.0) | 3 (0.2) | <0.001 | 2 (2.0) | 3 (0.2) | <0.001 | 2 (2.0) | 3 (0.2) | <0.001 |
| 100,000–250,000 | 13 (13.1) | 30 (2.2) | 13 (13.0) | 34 (2.4) | 13 (13.0) | 34 (2.4) | |||
| 250,000–500,000 | 17 (17.2) | 99 (7.2) | 17 (17.0) | 98 (6.9) | 17 (17.0) | 100 (7.0) | |||
| 500,000–1,000,000 | 20 (20.2) | 279 (20.3) | 20 (20.0) | 291 (20.4) | 20 (20.0) | 292 (20.4) | |||
| 1,000,000–2,500,000 | 22 (22.2) | 417 (30.4) | 23 (23.0) | 438 (30.7) | 23 (23.0) | 441 (30.8) | |||
| ≥2,500,000 | 22 (22.2) | 426 (31.0) | 22 (22.0) | 440 (30.8) | 22 (22.0) | 440 (30.7) | |||
| Unknown | 3 (3.0) | 119 (8.7) | 3 (3.0) | 124 (8.7) | 3 (3.0) | 124 (8.6) | |||
*
Hospital characteristics were not available for 4 VA hospitals and several non-VA hospitals.
COTH = Council of Teaching Hospitals; VA = Veterans Affairs