Table 2.

Hospital characteristics by preferred language within racial/ethnic group, 2014‐2015 HCAHPS Survey (N = 5 480 308)

Racial/ethnic group	Preferred language	Count	Bed size 200 or more beds (%)	For profit (%)	Rural (%)	Average percent surgical (%)	Average percent maternity (%)	Average percent of non‐English language–preferring patients (%)	Average percent of matching racial/ethnic patients (%)	Average percent of matching racial/ethnic and preferred language patients (%)
White	English	4 238 120	60	15	15	36	12	1	84	83
White	Spanish	7367	71***	31***	7***	31***	16***	2***	52***	1***
White	Russian	8851	76***	7***	1***	35***	13***	9***	72***	8***
White	Portuguese	1696	66***	19***	2***	34***	13***	2***	73***	1***
White	Other language	25 306	72***	14***	7***	34***	16***	3***	73***	2***
Black	English	477 330	72	23	10	33	12	0	26	25
Black	Spanish	568	76**	22	6**	31**	14***	1***	22***	0***
Black	Other language	6871	79***	21***	3***	31***	16***	1***	21***	1***
Hispanic	English	272 948	67	26	7	34	16	12	26	14
Hispanic	Spanish	252 760	71***	32***	5***	30***	18***	24***	36***	24***
Hispanic	Portuguese	1389	71**	21***	2***	33***	16	12	19***	0***
Hispanic	Other language	5978	65***	26	10***	31***	16	15***	26	1***
API	English	83 384	71	10	4	36	17	4	17	13
API	Chinese	17 268	78***	13***	1***	34***	18***	11***	18	8***
API	Vietnamese	7463	79***	14***	1***	36*	16***	6***	11***	2***
API	Other language	31 769	73***	16***	3***	34***	18***	4	10***	3***
AI/AN	English	38 993	46	16	27	32	15	2	18	16
AI/AN	Other language	2247	35***	13***	33***	27***	18***	9***	43***	9***

*P < 0.5. **P < 0.01. ***P < 0.001 for chi‐square tests comparing each non‐English group to the English group within the racial/ethnic group.