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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Laryngoscope. 2016 Apr 21;127(2):337–345. doi: 10.1002/lary.25997

Table 6.

Hospital Characteristics and 30-day Readmission Rates

Hospital Variable # of Hospitals % of Hospitals # of Otolaryngology Surgical Cases/Hospital Hospital Readmission Rate (%)

Median IQR Median IQR
Hospital Type
 Public 36 13 120 34–260 8 5–10
 Investor 63 23 41 17–85 9 5–17
 Non-profit 172 62 151 59–320 7 5–10
 University 6 2 1161 658–1514 10 9–11

# of Beds
 <=150 84 30 32 15–65 8 5–15
 151–399 148 53 155 63–282 7 5–10
 >=400 45 16 434 204–675 8 7–10

Teaching Hospital
 No 254 92 97 34–230 7 5–11
 Yes 23 8 591 156–1304 9 8–10

Disproportionate Share Hospital
 No 196 71 127 51–284 7 5–10
 Yes 81 29 58 26–226 9 7–11

Abbreviations: IQR = interquartile range