Table A.
Hospital Characteristics, Respondents vs Nonrespondents
| Characteristics | Survey Respondents (N = 992) | Nonrespondents (N = 587) | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teaching | Major teaching | 13.0% | 6.1% | <.001 |
| Minor teaching | 24.0% | 27.6% | ||
| Non-teaching | 63.0% | 66.3% | ||
| Profit/ownership | For-profit | 18.5% | 27.6% | <.001 |
| Nonprofit | 62.2% | 54.9% | ||
| Public | 19.4% | 17.6% | ||
| Size | Small (1–99 beds) | 27.5% | 32.3% | .016 |
| Medium (100–399 beds) | 53.0% | 53.3% | ||
| Large (≥400 beds) | 19.6% | 14.5% | ||
| Region | Northeast | 13.7% | 10.7% | .002 |
| Midwest | 22.3% | 16.0% | ||
| South | 48.8% | 54.9% | ||
| West | 15.1% | 18.4% | ||
| RUCA | Urban | 64.6% | 61.0% | .03 |
| Suburban | 2.7% | 5.3% | ||
| Large rural town | 19.2% | 18.1% | ||
| Small town/isolated rural | 13.5% | 15.7% | ||
| % Black | Median | 11.6% | 11.1% | .45 |
| % Hispanic | Median | 0.3% | 0.3% | .71 |
| % Medicare | Median | 46.9% | 47.5% | .03 |
| % Medicaid | Median | 19.4% | 18.4% | .25 |
| DSH | Median | 28.8% | 28.5% | 0.82 |
| Readmission ratea | Median | 20.9% | 21.1% | 0.94 |
DSH indicates Disproportionate Hospital Index; RUCA, Rural Urban Commuting Area.
a
Readmission rate is a weighted average of hospital performance across the 3 conditions included in the FY 2013 Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program penalty: acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia.