Table 2.
Hospital Characteristics by Type of Hospital
| Homeless-serving hospitals (n = 47) | Non-homeless-serving hospitals (n = 427) | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital characteristics, no. (%) | |||
| Hospital size | |||
| Large (400+ beds) | 14 (30) | 78 (18) | 0.12 |
| Medium (100–399 beds) | 21 (45) | 246 (58) | |
| Small (1–99 beds) | 12 (26) | 103 (24) | |
| Teaching status | |||
| Major | 11 (23) | 39 (9) | < 0.001 |
| Minor | 22 (37) | 129 (30) | |
| Non-teaching | 14 (30) | 259 (61) | |
| Profit status | |||
| For-profit | 8 (17) | 115 (27) | < 0.001 |
| Non-profit | 24 (51) | 281 (66) | |
| Public | 15 (32) | 31 (7) | |
| RUCA | |||
| Urban | 46 (98) | 342 (80) | 0.03 |
| Suburban | 0 (0) | 26 (6) | |
| Large rural | 1 (2) | 37 (9) | |
| Small rural | 0 (0) | 22 (5) | |
| Medical ICU | 32 (68) | 284 (67) | 0.83 |
| Cardiac ICU | 22 (47) | 157 (37) | 0.18 |
| Patient population, median (IQR), % | |||
| Homeless patients | 22 (15-70) | 2 (1–5) | < 0.001 |
| Medicare patients | 27 (21-43) | 49 (43–56) | < 0.001 |
| Medicaid patients | 28 (17-60) | 13 (19–24) | < 0.001 |
p values are calculated using rank-sum test for continuous variables and chi-square test for categorical variables