Table 2.
Hospital characteristics according to cluster membership
| Hospital characteristic | Cluster 1 | Cluster 2 | Cluster 3 | Cluster 4 |
| n=46, (%) | n=35, (%) | n=43, (%) | n=44, (%) | |
| RAID | ||||
| Name has RAID in title | 1 (2) | 7 (20) | 10 (23) | 1 (2) |
| Not codable for RAID | 3 (6) | 1 (3) | 5 (12) | 1 (2) |
| Not RAID | 43 (94) | 11 (31) | 20 (46) | 43 (98) |
| Original RAID | 0 | 0 | 6 (14) | 0 |
| Modified RAID | 0 | 23 (66) | 12 (28) | 0 |
| Core classification | ||||
| SubCore | 45 (98) | 23 (66) | 29 (67) | 36 (82) |
| Core | 1 (2) | 5 (14) | 7 (16) | 5 (11) |
| Core24 | 0 | 7 (20) | 3 (7) | 3 (7) |
| Enhanced24 | 0 | 0 | 3 (7) | 0 |
| Comprehensive | 0 | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 |
| Service operates 7 days | 33 (72) | 34 (97) | 34 (79) | 40 (91) |
| Hours of operation | ||||
| 40–80 hours | 15 (33) | 1 (3) | 8 (19) | 15 (34) |
| 81–167 hours | 16 (34) | 7 (20) | 13 (30) | 15 (34) |
| 7×24=168 hours | 15 (33) | 27 (77) | 22 (51) | 14 (31) |
| Serves all MH | 32 (70) | 21 (60) | 26 (60) | 19 (43) |
| Dedicated WAA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 (100) |
| Dedicated OAA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 (100) |
| OP clinic | 2 | 0 | 43 (100) | 14 (32) |
| Non-acute pathway | 0 | 0 | 43 (100) | 14 (32) |
| Response time to the ED | ||||
| <1 hour | 3 (6) | 35 (100) | 25 (58) | 12 (27) |
| 1.5–4 hours | 17 (37) | 0 | 4 (9) | 11 (25) |
| Not stated or >4 hours | 26 (57) | 0 | 14 (33) | 21 (48) |
| Response time to wards | ||||
| <24 hours | 8 (17) | 29 (83) | 23 (53) | 13 (30) |
| 36 hours to 5 days | 8 (17) | 6 (17) | 0 | 8 (18) |
| Not stated | 30 (65) | 0 | 20 (46) | 23 (52) |
| Hospital beds | ||||
| 50–447 | 19 (41) | 14 (40) | 12 (28) | 8 (18) |
| 447–621 | 20 (43) | 8 (24) | 16 (37) | 16 (36) |
| 622–1943 | 7 (15) | 13 (54) | 17 (40) | 20 (45) |
| No of FTE nurses | ||||
| 0.5–6.0 | 25 (54) | 8 (23) | 11 (26) | 16 (36) |
| 6.1–9.4 | 15 (33) | 11 (31) | 11 (26) | 15 (34) |
| 9.5–24.0 | 6 (13) | 16 | 21 (49) | 13 (30) |
| No of FTE consultants | ||||
| 0.0–0.5 | 27 (57) | 7 (20) | 9 (21) | 15 (34) |
| 0.6–1.4 | 16 (35) | 13 (37) | 12 (28) | 13 (30) |
| 1.5–9.2 | 3 (6) | 15 (43) | 22 (51) | 16 (36) |
| Single service provider | 45 (98) | 33 (94) | 41 (95) | 40 (91) |
| Two service providers | 1 (2) | 2 (6) | 2 (5) | 4 (9) |
| No of services within same hospital | ||||
| 1 | 44 (96) | 35 (100) | 39 (91) | 27 (61) |
| 2 | 1 (2) | 0 | 4 (9) | 16 (36) |
| 3 | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 (2) |
ED, emergency department; FTE, full-time equivalent; MH, mental health; OP, outpatient; RAID, Rapid Assessment Intervention and Discharge; WAA, working-age adults; OAA, older adults service.