TABLE 1.

Participating Hospital Characteristics (N = 37)

Characteristic	No. (%)
Hospital Type
Freestanding pediatric	29 (78.4)
Children's within general hospital	8 (21.6)
Location
Urban	34 (91.9)
Suburban	3 (8.1)
Academic/University affiliated	33 (89.2)
Tertiary-care referral	37 (100)
Region
East	6 (16.2)
South	12 (32.5)
Midwest	10 (27.0)
West	9 (24.3)
Estimated annual ED visits, median (range)	60,000 (13,000–130,000)
ED admission rate, median (range)	13% (7–28)
No. of PEM faculty, median (range)	25 (7–80)

NOTE. ED, emergency department; PEM, pediatric emergency medicine.