Table 1.

Selected characteristics of COMPASS hospitals, compared with North Carolina acute care hospitals, 2016

	All North Carolina hospitals N = 110	Eligible North Carolina hospitals N = 95	Participating hospitals N = 41
Primary or comprehensive stroke center, a n (%)	39 (35%)	39 (41%)	24 (59%)
North Carolina Stroke Care Collaborative participant, n (%)
ᅟActive	48 (44%)	47 (49%)	21 (51%)
ᅟIntermittent or inactive	26 (24%)	25 (26%)	11 (27%)
ᅟNever	36 (33%)	23 (24%)	9 (22%)
Critical Access Hospital, n (%)	21 (19%)	15 (16%)	5 (12%)
Geographic region, n (%)
ᅟCentral Piedmont	48 (44%)	43 (45%)	18 (44%)
ᅟWestern	23 (21%)	21 (22%)	11 (27%)
ᅟEastern	39 (35%)	31 (33%)	12 (29%)
Medical school affiliation, b n (%)
ᅟMajor	7 (6%)	6 (6%)	3 (7%)
ᅟMinor	12 (10%)	12 (12%)	5 (12%)
ᅟNone	91 (83%)	77 (81%)	33 (80%)
2013 stroke discharge rate, n (%)
ᅟ < 100	53 (48%)	39 (41%)	11 (27%)
ᅟ100–299	41 (37%)	40 (42%)	18 (44%)
ᅟ300+	16 (15%)	16 (17%)	12 (29%)
Hospital bed size, n (%)
ᅟ < 100	39 (35%)	29 (31%)	15 (37%)
ᅟ100–299	48 (44%)	44 (46%)	16 (39%)
ᅟ ≥ 300	23 (21%)	22 (23%)	10 (24%)
Urban-rural classification, n (%)
ᅟRural or small town	28 (25%)	25 (23%)	4 (10%)
ᅟMicropolitan	30 (27%)	27 (28%)	15 (37%)
ᅟMetropolitan	52 (47%)	43 (45%)	22 (54%)
Ownership, n (%)
ᅟPrivate, not-for-profit	53 (52%)	47 (51%)	18 (46%)
ᅟPrivate, for-profit	11 (11%)	10 (11%)	3 (8%)
ᅟLocal	15 (15%)	14 (15%)	6 (15%)
ᅟHospital district or authority	15 (15%)	13 (14%)	8 (21%)
ᅟOther	8 (8%)	8 (9%)	4 (10%)
ᅟUnknown or missing	8	3	2

^aCertified by the Joint Commission, an independent, national, voluntary hospital accreditation and certification organization

^bCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services categories; “Minor” includes graduate or limited medical school affiliation or participation