Table III.
Distribution of structural characteristics among hospitals that performed colorectal operation by minority-serving status, California Inpatient Database 2004–2011 (N = 374)
| Non-MSH | MSH | ||
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| Column percentage* (%) | N = 327 | N = 47 | P value |
| Procedure volume | |||
| Low | 69.1% | 93.6% | .002 |
| Medium | 19.3% | 6.4% | |
| High | 11.6% | 0.0% | |
| Bed size | |||
| 1–99 | 23.5% | 4.3% | .003 |
| 100–399 | 59.0% | 74.5% | |
| 400+ | 9.5% | 4.3% | |
| Teaching hospital | |||
| Yes | 18.0% | 25.5% | .039 |
| No | 74.0% | 57.4% | |
| Has cancer program | |||
| Yes | 31.8% | 12.8% | .009 |
| No | 60.2% | 70.2% | |
| Intensive care unit | |||
| Yes | 69.7% | 59.6% | .058 |
| No | 11.0% | 6.4% | |
| Wound management services | |||
| Yes | 48.3% | 36.2% | .011 |
| No | 26.0% | 17.0% | |
| Physical rehabilitation facilities | |||
| Yes | 7.3% | 4.3% | .11 |
| No | 84.7% | 78.7% | |
| Nurse-to-bed ratio | |||
| <2 | 29.7% | 17.0% | .011 |
| 2–3.5 | 26.3% | 14.9% | |
| ≥3.5 | 16.8% | 19.1% | |
*
Some columns may not add up to 100% due to missing values.
MSH, Minority-serving hospital.