Table 1.

Characteristics of Participating Hospitals

Hospit al Regio n	Servi ce Area	Owners hip	Trau ma Cente r				Hospital Occupan cy, percent	Median househ old income	Case Mix Index, Quarti le	Annu al ED Volu me	Annual ED Admissio ns	Averag e Time in ED before admitte d, 2012 (min)	Averag e Time in ED before admitte d, 2013 (min)	Averag e time in ED after decisi on to admit before leavin g for inpatie nt bed, 2012 (min)	Averag e time in ED after decisi on to admit before leavin g for inpatie nt bed, 2013 (min)
High Performers
South	Metro	NFP	Y	N			65	$32,000	3	172,000	37,00	170	170	30	80
NE	Metro	NFP	N	N			75	$54,000	2	35,000	8,000	220	220	50	50
NE	Metro	NFP	Y	Y			82	$43,000	4	141,000	54,000	300	310	100	110
West	Rural	NFP	N	N			38	$60,000	2	25,000	3,000	150	140	40	40
Low Performers
South	Metro	NFP	Y		Y		84	$66,000	4	91,000	38,000	540	540	260	280
West	Rural	NFP	N		N		61	$36,000	3	20,000	6,000	430	430	220	230
S	Metro	NFP	Y		Y		85	$31,000	4	71,000	37,000	640	660	340	381
West	Metro	Govt	Y		Y		79	$42,000	2	126,000	24,000	680	550	430	370
High Improvers
West	Metro	Govt	Y		Y	83		^**	4	74,000	26,000	350	280	130	80
MW	Metro	NFP	Y		N	46		$72,000	4	70,000	28,000	250	210	140	70
NE	Metro	NFP	Y		Y	74		^**	4	127,000	13,000	470	360	290	210
NE	Rural	NFP	Y		N	75		$47,000	4	29,000	14,000	440	300	230	120

NFP: Not for profit, Govt: government

Trauma Center: Y if Level I/II

Case Mix Index: The CMI of a hospital reflects the diversity, clinical complexity and the needs for resources in the population of all the patients in the hospital²¹

Median household income by zip code (2011–2015 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates)

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Estimates not available for all zip codes