Table 2.
Characteristics of hospitals providing care to pediatric patients
| Pulseless cardiac arrests | Non-pulseless events | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GWTG-R hospitals (n = 212) | Non-GWTG-R hospitals (n = 2,043) | GWTG-R hospitals (n = 158) | Non-GWTG-R hospitals (n = 2,097) | |
| Pediatric hospital beds | ||||
| None* | 32 (15) | 357 (17) | 23 (15) | 366 (17) |
| 1 – 10 | 44 (21) | 928 (45) | 25 (16) | 947 (45) |
| 2 – 25 | 65 (31) | 498 (24) | 46 (29) | 517 (25) |
| 26 – 50 | 31 (15) | 162 (8) | 25 (16) | 168 (8) |
| > 50 | 40 (19) | 98 (5) | 39 (25) | 99 (5) |
| Pediatric ICU beds | ||||
| None* | 112 (53) | 1,717 (84) | 71 (45) | 1,758 (84) |
| 1 – 10 | 40 (19) | 184 (9) | 30 (19) | 194 (9) |
| > 10 | 60 (28) | 142 (7) | 57 (36) | 145 (7) |
| Geographical region | ||||
| North-East | 32 (15) | 376 (18) | 24 (15) | 384 (18) |
| South-East | 59 (28) | 343 (17) | 45 (28) | 357 (17) |
| North-Central | 49 (23) | 517 (25) | 40 (19) | 536 (26) |
| South-Central | 38 (18) | 422 (21) | 28 (18) | 432 (21) |
| West | 34 (16) | 385 (19) | 31 (20) | 388 (19) |
| Geographical area | ||||
| Urban | 196 (92) | 1,509 (74) | 145 (92) | 1,560 (74) |
| Rural | 16 (8) | 534 (26) | 13 (8) | 537 (26) |
| Ownership type | ||||
| Government/Military | 30 (14) | 352 (17) | 23 (15) | 359 (17) |
| Non-profit | 158 (75) | 1,317 (64) | 121 (77) | 1,354 (65) |
| Private | 24 (11) | 374 (18) | 14 (9) | 384 (18) |
| Teaching hospital | ||||
| Non-teaching | 66 (31) | 1,263 (62) | 37 (23) | 1,292 (62) |
| Minor | 70 (33) | 564 (28) | 59 (37) | 575 (27) |
| Major | 76 (36) | 216 (11) | 62 (39) | 230 (11) |
| Emergency department visits | ||||
| 0 – 10,000 | 4 (2) | 278 (14) | 2 (1) | 280 (13) |
| 10,001 – 50,000 | 64 (30) | 1,089 (53) | 38 (24) | 1.115 (53) |
| 50,001 – 100,000 | 105 (50) | 531 (26) | 87 (55) | 549 (26) |
| > 100,000 | 39 (18) | 145 (7) | 31 (20) | 153 (7) |
GWTG-R denotes Get With The Guidelines®-Resuscitation, ICU denotes intensive care unit
*
Including hospitals with pediatric events in the Emergency Department, events where the patient was hospitalized in an adult bed, and hospitals with designated neonatal beds.