Table. Catholic Hospital Website Characteristics.
| Characteristic | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| No. of Catholic hospital websites | 646 |
| Hospital region | |
| Northeast | 64 (9.9) |
| Midwest | 297 (46.0) |
| South | 182 (28.2) |
| West | 103 (15.9) |
| Hospital name includes the word saint | 308 (47.7) |
| Website specific to individual hospital rather than health care system | 249 (38.5) |
| Catholic identity disclosed on hospital website | 507 (78.5) |
| Hospital practice cited to be based on the directivesa | 152 (23.5) |
| Direct link to the directivesa provided | 95 (14.7) |
| Description of religious restrictions when the directivesa were not cited | 28 (4.3) |
| No. of hospitals with a website without disclosure of Catholic identity | 139 |
| Words related to religion in mission statement, median (range) | 1.0 (0-5) |
| Words related to religion found in mission statement | |
| Jesus | 34 (24.5) |
| Christ | 29 (20.9) |
| Gospel | 28 (20.1) |
| God | 17 (12.2) |
| Christian | 6 (4.3) |
| Saint (exclusive of hospital name) | 3 (2.2) |
| Faith | 1 (0.7) |
| Holy | 0 |
| No religious words on website | 32 (23.0) |
a
The directives refers to the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services.