Table 1.
Characteristics of Hospitals by Newsweek’s Hospital Ranking Category
| Rank category | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital characteristics | 1–50 (n = 50) | 51–100 (n = 50) | 101–150 (n = 50) | 151–200 (n = 50) | 201 or lower (n = 2808) |
| Hospital size (%) | |||||
| Small (< 100 beds) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 29.6 |
| Medium (100–399 beds) | 17.0 | 22.4 | 44.0 | 66.0 | 58.5 |
| Large (≥ 400 beds) | 83.0 | 77.6 | 54.0 | 34.0 | 12.0 |
| Hospital profit status (%) | |||||
| For-profit | 0.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 21.2 |
| Nonprofit | 80.9 | 87.8 | 82.0 | 84.0 | 63.2 |
| Public | 19.1 | 10.2 | 14.0 | 12.0 | 15.7 |
| Hospital teaching status (%) | |||||
| Major | 91.5 | 63.3 | 34.0 | 20.0 | 5.3 |
| Minor | 6.4 | 30.6 | 36.0 | 40.0 | 26.4 |
| Not teaching | 2.1 | 6.1 | 30.0 | 40.0 | 68.3 |
| Hospital region (%) | |||||
| Northeast | 21.3 | 16.3 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 15.9 |
| Midwest | 31.9 | 40.8 | 18.0 | 28.0 | 23.1 |
| South | 19.1 | 20.4 | 38.0 | 30.0 | 42.7 |
| West | 27.7 | 22.4 | 26.0 | 24.0 | 18.7 |
| RUCA (%) | |||||
| Urban | 100.0 | 95.9 | 100.0 | 96.0 | 60.6 |
| Suburban | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.8 |
| Large rural | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 21.6 |
| Small rural | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.0 |
| ICU (%) | |||||
| Yes | 92.0 | 96.0 | 100 | 92.0 | 75.7 |
| No | 8.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 24.3 |
RUCA, rural-urban commuting area; ICU, intensive care unit
Hospitals that were unranked in the Newsweek’s hospital ranking were included in the lowest rank category. Hospitals were placed into one of three categories of teaching status based on their response to the American Hospital Association Survey: major teaching hospitals (those that are members of the Council of Teaching Hospitals [COTH]), minor teaching hospitals (non-COTH members that had a medical school affiliation reported to the American Medical Association), and nonteaching hospitals (all other institutions)