Table 2. Summary characteristics of hospitals comprising each neighborhood, demographics of their Hospital Service Areas, and their U.S. News and World Report, Leapfrog, Consumer Reports, and Health Grades ratings.
| Neighborhood | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of hospitals | 196 | 138 | 134 | 117 | 154 | 139 | 113 | 86 | 65 | 93 | 65 | 44 | 71 | 62 | 57 | 75 | |
| Region | <0.001 | ||||||||||||||||
| Northeast | 59 | 44 | 15 | 14 | 22 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 28 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 6 | 15 | 11 | |
| 30.1% | 31.9% | 11.2% | 12.0% | 14.3% | 10.1% | 15.9% | 12.8% | 7.7% | 30.1% | 13.9% | 40.9% | 33.8% | 9.7% | 26.3% | 14.7% | ||
| South | 41 | 40 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 31 | 46 | 14 | 18 | 39 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 17 | |
| 20.9% | 29.0% | 23.9% | 27.4% | 19.5% | 22.3% | 40.7% | 16.3% | 27.7% | 41.9% | 26.2% | 18.2% | 5.6% | 35.5% | 26.3% | 22.7% | ||
| Midwest | 55 | 43 | 43 | 33 | 72 | 87 | 44 | 44 | 16 | 17 | 31 | 11 | 26 | 21 | 19 | 32 | |
| 28.1% | 31.2% | 32.1% | 28.2% | 46.8% | 62.6% | 38.9% | 51.2% | 24.6% | 18.3% | 47.7% | 25.0% | 36.6% | 33.9% | 33.3% | 42.7% | ||
| West | 41 | 11 | 44 | 38 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 15 | |
| 20.9% | 8.0% | 32.8% | 32.5% | 19.5% | 5.0% | 4.5% | 19.8% | 40.0% | 9.7% | 12.3% | 15.9% | 23.9% | 21.0% | 14.0% | 20.0% | ||
| Location | |||||||||||||||||
| Urban | 196 | 137 | 133 | 115 | 154 | 137 | 112 | 86 | 64 | 93 | 64 | 44 | 71 | 62 | 57 | 75 | |
| 100.0% | 99.3% | 99.3% | 98.3% | 100.0% | 98.6% | 99.1% | 100.0% | 98.5% | 100.0% | 98.5% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | ||
| Rural | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0.0% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 1.7% | 0.0% | 1.4% | 0.9% | 0.0% | 1.5% | 0.0% | 1.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
| Bed Size | <0.001 | ||||||||||||||||
| <100 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2.6% | 0.7% | 3.0% | 6.0% | 6.5% | 7.9% | 4.4% | 3.5% | 1.5% | 0.0% | 6.2% | 0.0% | 2.8% | 1.6% | 0.0% | 5.3% | ||
| 100–199 | 37 | 31 | 37 | 32 | 59 | 40 | 41 | 21 | 12 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 26 | |
| 18.9% | 22.5% | 27.6% | 27.4% | 38.3% | 28.8% | 36.3% | 24.4% | 18.5% | 21.5% | 21.5% | 27.3% | 22.5% | 17.7% | 26.3% | 34.7% | ||
| 200–299 | 50 | 37 | 41 | 22 | 44 | 37 | 26 | 24 | 15 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 19 | |
| 25.5% | 26.8% | 30.6% | 18.8% | 28.6% | 26.6% | 23.0% | 27.9% | 23.1% | 26.9% | 26.2% | 34.1% | 21.1% | 25.8% | 31.6% | 25.3% | ||
| 300–399 | 42 | 26 | 21 | 25 | 13 | 26 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 10 | |
| 21.4% | 18.8% | 15.7% | 21.4% | 8.4% | 18.7% | 12.4% | 17.4% | 20.0% | 15.1% | 18.5% | 15.9% | 25.4% | 27.4% | 17.5% | 13.3% | ||
| ≥400 | 62 | 43 | 31 | 31 | 28 | 25 | 27 | 23 | 24 | 34 | 18 | 10 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 16 | |
| 31.6% | 31.2% | 23.1% | 26.5% | 18.2% | 18.0% | 23.9% | 26.7% | 36.9% | 36.6% | 27.7% | 22.7% | 28.2% | 27.4% | 24.6% | 21.3% | ||
| Teaching | <0.001 | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 117 | 64 | 63 | 64 | 55 | 55 | 53 | 37 | 39 | 59 | 32 | 24 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 33 | |
| 59.7% | 46.4% | 47.0% | 54.7% | 35.7% | 39.6% | 47.3% | 43.0% | 60.0% | 63.4% | 49.2% | 54.6% | 46.5% | 51.6% | 54.4% | 44.0% | ||
| No | 79 | 74 | 71 | 53 | 99 | 84 | 59 | 49 | 26 | 34 | 33 | 20 | 38 | 30 | 26 | 42 | |
| 40.3% | 53.6% | 53.0% | 45.3% | 64.3% | 60.4% | 52.7% | 57.0% | 40.0% | 36.6% | 50.8% | 45.5% | 53.5% | 48.4% | 45.6% | 56.0% | ||
| Average proportion of Hospital Service Area population that is non-white | <0.001 | ||||||||||||||||
| Median | 21.9% | 27.6% | 14.6% | 20.1% | 23.3% | 17.9% | 19.1% | 28.3% | 15.0% | 23.6% | 22.6% | 26.6% | 32.9% | 18.0% | 20.0% | 20.4% | |
| Q1 | 12.5% | 12.9% | 10.5% | 11.6% | 11.9% | 9.5% | 10.9% | 19.0% | 9.3% | 12.6% | 12.5% | 16.3% | 21.1% | 11.7% | 11.0% | 8.7% | |
| Q3 | 34.3% | 41.4% | 23.6% | 30.4% | 36.1% | 29.6% | 31.5% | 43.0% | 24.8% | 33.5% | 33.5% | 48.6% | 52.6% | 28.6% | 27.1% | 29.7% | |
| Average household income in Hospital Service Area | <0.001 | ||||||||||||||||
| Median | $ 58,709 | $ 56,083 | $ 50,443 | $ 61,928 | $ 48,233 | $ 48,954 | $ 51,049 | $ 52,004 | $ 52,729 | $ 57,673 | $ 53,666 | $ 54,929 | $ 56,083 | $ 58,526 | $ 59,200 | $ 50,624 | |
| Q1 | $ 50,338 | $ 46,298 | $ 44,571 | $ 56,250 | $ 41,723 | $ 40,760 | $ 43,803 | $ 44,927 | $ 45,619 | $ 48,632 | $ 45,839 | $ 48,617 | $ 47,039 | $ 48,632 | $ 50,082 | $ 45,551 | |
| Q3 | $ 76,021 | $ 65,378 | $ 58,788 | $ 68,198 | $ 56,558 | $ 57,483 | $ 61,086 | $ 61,148 | $ 58,956 | $ 71,865 | $ 59,654 | $ 66,531 | $ 70,857 | $ 67,873 | $ 72,125 | $ 58,788 | |
| High performers in existing hospital rating systems | |||||||||||||||||
| U.S. News and World Report | |||||||||||||||||
| Number | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| % | 37.5% | 6.3% | 0.0% | 12.5% | 12.5% | 0.0% | 18.8% | 6.3% | 0.0% | 6.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| Health Grades | |||||||||||||||||
| Number | 14 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | |
| % | 15.1% | 8.6% | 9.7% | 19.4% | 3.2% | 0.0% | 4.3% | 3.2% | 7.5% | 8.6% | 2.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 9.7% | 5.4% | 3.2% | |
| Consumer Reports | |||||||||||||||||
| Number | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | |
| % | 11.1% | 0.0% | 8.3% | 33.3% | 5.6% | 2.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 13.9% | 2.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 13.9% | 8.3% | 0.0% | |
| Leapfrog | |||||||||||||||||
| Number | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| % | 16.1% | 9.7% | 9.7% | 12.9% | 3.2% | 3.2% | 6.5% | 3.2% | 6.5% | 6.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.2% | 12.9% | 3.2% | 3.2% | |