Table 2.
Comparison of mean hospital performance scores on the FUH-7 and FUH-30 measures by hospital and community characteristic
| FUH-7 Measure | FUH-30 Measure | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | p-value | t/Welch (df) | Mean | p-value | t/Welch (df) | |
| Hospital-Level Characteristics | ||||||
| Electronic Health Records1 | ||||||
| Yes | 33.33% | 0.294 | −1.05 (1029) |
56.60% | 0.066 | −1.84 (1098) |
| No | 32.55% | 55.23% | ||||
| Health Information Exchanges | ||||||
| Yes | 33.29% | 0.374 | −0.89 (948) |
56.03% | 0.651 | −0.45 (1060) |
| No | 32.62% | 55.69% | ||||
| High HBIPS-7 Performance Score (>97%) | ||||||
| Yes | 32.27% | 0.397 | 0.85 (419) |
54.18% | <0.05 | 2.57 (551) |
| No | 33.03% | 56.36% | ||||
| High FUH Volume (FUH-7, >193; FUH-30, >175) | ||||||
| Yes | 30.82% | <0.001 | 3.43 (535) |
53.41% | <0.0001 | 4.09 (627) |
| No | 33.51% | 56.57% | ||||
| Academic Medical Center | ||||||
| Yes | 33.31% | 0.267 | −1.10 (1040) |
56.40% | 0.176 | −1.35 (1098) |
| No | 32.49% | 55.39% | ||||
| System-Affiliated | ||||||
| Yes | 32.20% | <0.05 | 2.53 (576) |
54.83% | <0.001 | 3.81 (701) |
| No | 34.30% | 57.94% | ||||
| Psychiatric Specialty Hospital | ||||||
| Yes | 30.97% | <0.001 | 3.34 (611) |
52.86% | <0.0001 | 5.24 (701) |
| No | 33.62% | 56.96% | ||||
| Bed Size3 | ||||||
| Small (Less than 100 Beds) | 33.39% | 0.427 | −0.80 (417) |
56.86% | 0.084 | −1.73 (594) |
| Medium (100–399 Beds) | 32.66% | 0.602 | 0.52 (1050) |
55.61% | 0.587 | 0.54 (1262) |
| Large (More than 399 Beds) | 32.66% | 0.790 | 0.27 (410) |
54.92% | 0.215 | 1.24 (421) |
| Ownership4 | ||||||
| Public | 29.62% | <0.0001 | 4.30 (272) |
52.68% | <0.001 | 4.11 (347) |
| Non-profit | 35.32% | <0.0001 | −7.67 (1076) |
59.15% | <0.0001 | −9.99 (1271) |
| For-profit | 29.97% | <0.0001 | 5.23 (632) |
51.75% | <0.0001 | 7.54 (759) |
| Community-Level Characteristics | ||||||
| High Percent Hispanic Residents (>14%)2 | ||||||
| Yes | 30.96% | <0.01 | 3.07 (497) |
52.83% | <0.0001 | 5.47 (543) |
| No | 33.47% | 56.89% | ||||
| High Percent Nonwhite Residents (>29.5%) | ||||||
| Yes | 28.95% | <0.0001 | 6.71 (539) |
50.16% | <0.0001 | 9.73 (612) |
| No | 34.18% | 57.76% | ||||
| High Percent Residents in Poverty (>22.5%) | ||||||
| Yes | 29.96% | <0.0001 | 51.46% | <0.0001 | 7.65 (666) |
|
| No | 33.84% | 57.41% | ||||
| Rural | ||||||
| Yes | 31.83% | 0.684 | 0.41 | 56.95% | 0.537 | −0.62 |
| No | 32.89% | (43.88) | 55.75% | (61) | ||
Unequal variances t-test was used to compare hospital characteristics; values of less than 0.05 are interpreted to be significant (two-tailed).
Interpretation of the mean: Hospitals with electronic health records had an average performance score of 56.60% on the FUH-30 measure, while hospitals without electronic health records had an average performance score of 55.23%.
Interpretation of the mean: Hospitals that are located in communities with a high percentage of Hispanic residents have an average performance score of 30.96% on the FUH-7 measure, while hospitals that reside in communities without a high percentage of Hispanic residents have an average performance score of 33.47%.
For each of the bed size t-tests, each of the three bed size categories was compared to the other two bed size categories. Small-sized hospitals were compared to medium and large-sized hospitals combined. Medium-sized hospitals were compared to small and large-sized hospitals. Large-sized hospitals were compared to small and medium-sized hospitals.
Note 4: For each of the ownership status t-tests, each of the three ownership statuses was compared to the other two ownership statuses. Public hospitals were compared to nonprofit and for-profit hospitals. Nonprofit hospitals were compared to public and for-profit hospitals. For-profit hospitals were compared to non-profit and public hospitals.