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. 2019 Jul 29;179(10):1398–1405. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.2420

Table 1. Hospital Characteristicsa.

Site Category Census Region Teaching Status Annual Discharges, No. (1000s) Beds, No. ICU Beds, No. ICU/Total Beds, % Nurse to Bed Ratiob Urban Ownership Intensive Care Services Cardiac Catheterization and Intervention Services Cardiac Surgery Electrophysiology Services RSSR Percentile, Mean (2012-2014)
1 Top South Nonteaching 30-40 400-800 26-50 8.4 1.15 Urban Nonprofit Yes Yes Yes Yes 97.3
2 Top Midwest Major >40 >800 >50 8.4 1.15 Urban Nonprofit Yes Yes Yes Yes 95.5
3 Top Northeast Major 30-40 >800 26-50 5.3 3.39 Urban Nonprofit Yes Yes Yes Yes 88.7
4 Top Midwest Major 10-15 200-400 13-25 Unknown Unknown Urban Nonprofit Unknown Yes Yes Yes 87.7
5 Top Midwest Minor 15-20 200-400 13-25 3.5 1.79 Urban Nonprofit Yes Yes Yes Yes 81.7
6 Middle West Minor 20-30 200-400 26-50 Unknown 2.10 Urban Government Yes Yes Yes Yes 56.1
7 Bottom West Nonteaching 7.5-10 200-400 13-25 6.5 1.03 Urban Nonprofit Yes Yes Yes Yes 12.9
8 Bottom Northeast Minor 20-30 400-800 26-50 7.2 1.13 Urban Nonprofit Yes Yes Yes Yes 5.4
9 Bottom South Minor >40 >800 26-50 6.1 3.14 Urban Government Yes Yes Yes Yes 2.9

Abbreviations: ICU, intensive care unit; RSSR, risk-standardized survival rate.

a

Hospital characteristics included in the above table were obtained from American Hospital Association data (2010).22 To protect confidentiality of sites, we are only permitted to report hospital-level variables in predefined categories (eg, number of ICU beds: ≤12, 13-25, 26-50, >50) according to prior agreements between Get With The Guidelines–Resuscitation and participating sites.

b

Proportion of full-time nurse equivalents to total number of beds.