Table 1.
ED and Hospital Characteristics for National Pediatric Readiness Project Survey Respondents and Non-Respondents, 2013
| Respondents (n=4090) |
Non-Respondents (n=790) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ED Characteristics | |||
| Total ED Volume | 0.54 | ||
| – 0–4999 Visits | 739 (18.1%) | 145 (18.4%) | |
| – 5000–9999 Visits | 490 (12.0%) | 105 (13.3%) | |
| – >10,000 Visits | 2861 (70.00%) | 540 (68.4%) | |
| Pediatric ED | 670 (16.4%) | 109 (13.8%) | 0.07 |
| Trauma Center Level | 0.21 | ||
| – Not Trauma Center | 2575 (63.0%) | 519 (65.7%) | |
| – Level 1 | 330 (8.1%) | 53 (6.7%) | |
| – Level 2 | 427 (10.4%) | 66 (8.4%) | |
| – Level 3 | 589 (14.4%) | 114 (14.4%) | |
| – Level 4 | 169 (4.1%) | 38 (4.8%) | |
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| Hospital Characteristics | |||
| Bed Size* | 0.02 | ||
| – 6–49 beds | 1196 (31.9%) | 255 (32.3%) | |
| – 50–199 beds | 1373 (36.6%) | 323 (40.9%) | |
| – >200 beds | 1176 (31.4%) | 212 (26.8%) | |
| Inpatient Pediatric Service | 1944 (47.5%) | 376 (47.6%) | 0.97 |
| Pediatric ICU | 696 (17.0%) | 109 (13.8%) | 0.03 |
| Neonatal ICU | 1138 (27.8%) | 231 (29.2%) | 0.42 |
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| Geographic Characteristics | |||
| County Rural/Urban | <0.001 | ||
| – Metropolitan | 2442 (59.7%) | 493 (62.4%) | |
| – Non-metro, urban pop>20,000 | 369 (9%) | 81 (10.3%) | |
| – Non-metro, urban pop <20000 | 1277 (31.2%) | 186 (23.5%) | |
| – Missing | 2 (0.1%) | 30 (3.8%) | |
| Region | <0.001 | ||
| – Northeast | 126 (3.4%) | 57 (7.2%) | |
| – Mid-Atlantic | 335 (9.0%) | 54 (6.8%) | |
| – East North Central | 530 (14.2%) | 141 (17.9%) | |
| – West North Central | 583 (15.6%) | 110 (13.9%) | |
| – South Atlantic | 296 (7.9%) | 92 (11.7%) | |
| – East South Central | 606 (16.2%) | 40 (5.1%) | |
| – West South Central | 509 (13.6%) | 200 (25.3%) | |
| – Mountain | 340 (9.1%) | 33 (4.2%) | |
| – Pacific | 420 (11.2%) | 63 (8.0%) | |
*
Data missing for some hospitals in AHA data for indicated variable.