Table 5.

Other Hospital Characteristics of MSSP Hospital Clusters

	MSSP - low ambulatory services but high health IT	MSSP – high health IT	MSSP - low health IT	MSSP- high tight MD alignment & health IT	MSSP - high loose MD alignment & health IT	MSSP - Overall
Number of staffed and set-up hospital beds***	119	284	208	243	338	242
Ownership Type***
Not-for-profit	90.3%	91.8%	70.0%	84.6%	94.1%	87.7%
Other ownership	9.7%	8.2%	30.0%	15.4%	5.9%	12.3%
Teaching Hospital***
Yes (COTH member or residency programs)	8.1%	42.5%	44.0%	34.6%	38.2%	34.9%
No	91.9%	57.5%	56.0%	65.4%	61.8%	65.1%
Multi-hospital System Member**
Yes	85.2%	81.5%	93.9%	69.2%	69.7%	81.9%
No	14.8%	18.5%	6.1%	30.8%	30.3%	18.1%
Geographic Location***
Urban area	75.8%	92.5%	84.0%	73.1%	97.1%	86.8%
Rural area	24.2%	7.5%	16.0%	26.9%	2.9%	13.2%
Number of hospitals	62	146	50	26	34	318

^*characteristic significantly different at p<.10 level across clusters.

^**characteristic significantly different at p<.05 level across clusters.

^***characteristic significantly different a p<.01 level across clusters.

Note: to test for significant differences across clusters, chi-square tests were used for categorical variables and ANOVA used for continuous variables.