Table 1.
Hospital Characteristics
| Non-safety-net Hospitals | Safety-net Hospitals | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2124 | 703 | |||
| SEP-1 % Compliance, mean (SD) | 49.6 (18.6) | 48.3 (20.4) | 0.12 | |
| SSI Percent, median (IQR) | 5.515 (3.71, 7.42) | 14.05 (11.65, 19.7) | <0.001 | |
| SEP-1 Case Volume, median (IQR) | 89 (61, 136) | 85 (56, 123) | 0.003 | |
| Health System Affiliation | Not in Health System | 309 (14.5%) | 162 (23.0%) | <0.001 |
| In Health System | 1815 (85.5%) | 541 (77.0%) | ||
| Hospital Ownership | Non-profit | 1469 (69.2%) | 347 (49.4%) | <0.001 |
| For-profit | 403 (19.0%) | 201 (28.6%) | ||
| Public/Gov’t | 252 (11.9%) | 155 (22.0%) | ||
| Teaching Status | Not Major Teaching | 1890 (89.0%) | 524 (74.5%) | <0.001 |
| Major Teaching | 234 (11.0%) | 179 (25.5%) | ||
| Hospital Size | 100 or more beds | 1457 (68.6%) | 536 (76.2%) | <0.001 |
| Fewer than 100 beds | 667 (31.4%) | 167 (23.8%) | ||
| Urban/Rural | Urban | 1640 (77.2%) | 526 (74.8%) | 0.19 |
| Rural | 484 (22.8%) | 177 (25.2%) |
SSI=social security income.
Safety-net hospitals are those in the top quartile of hospitals based on proportion of Medicare patients receiving SSI payments.
P-values from t-test for SEP-1 compliance; Kruskal-Wallis test for SSI percent and case volume; and Chi-squared test for categorical variables.