Table 2.
Variable | All Readmissions | Index | Nonindex | p-value |
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Control/ownership of hospital | ||||
Government, nonfederal | 418 (21.1%) | 342 (20.1%) | 76 (21.4%) | 0.002* |
Private, not-profit | 1419 (71.5%) | 1182 (72.5%) | 237 (66.7%) | |
Private, investor-owned | 148 (7.5%) | 106 (6.5%) | 42 (11.8%) | |
Teaching status | ||||
Teaching | 1732 (87.3%) | 1429 (87.7%) | 303 (85.4%) | 0.236 |
Non-teaching | 253 (12.7%) | 201 (12.3%) | 52 (14.7%) | |
Hospital bedsize | ||||
Small | 71 (3.6%) | 55 (3.4%) | 16 (4.5%) | 0.006* |
Medium | 238 (12.0%) | 179 (11.0%) | 59 (16.6%) | |
Large | 1676 (84.4%) | 1396 (85.6%) | 280 (78.9%) | |
Hospital urban-rural designation | ||||
Large metropolitan area > 1 million residents | 1345 (67.8%) | 1102 (67.6%) | 243 (68.5%) | 0.758 |
Small metropolitan area < 1 million residents, or micropolitan | 640 (32.2%) | 528 (32.4%) | 112 (31.6%) |