Table 1.

Characteristics of Study Hospitals Compared to National Samples

	Study Hospitals N = 42		AHA Hospitalsa N = 4700
Characteristic	N	(%)	N	(%)
Region
Midwest	8	19%	1396	30%
Northeast	9	21%	571	12%
Puerto Rico	0	0%	50	1%
South	8	19%	1762	37%
West	17	40%	921	20%
Unknown	0	0	5	0.1%
Total Licensed Beds
< 100	6	14%	1750	37%
100–299	12	29%	1191	25%
≥ 300	24	57%	909	19%
Unknown	0	0%	855	18%
Organizational Control
Government, nonfederal	8	19%	1018	22%
Nongovernment, non- profit	33	79%	2764	59%
Investor-owned, for-profit	1	2%	886	19%
Government, federal	0	0%	37	0.8%
	Study Hospitals N = 42		CMS Hospitals N = 3331
	N	%	N	%
Teaching Status
Major Teaching	16	38%	382	11%
Minor Teaching	21	50%	1316	40%
Non-teaching	5	12%	1633	49%
Urban/Rural Statusb
Large urban	25	60%	3452	55%
Other urban	8	19%	1909	31%
Rural	9	21%	890	14%

^a 2017 AHA hospital survey, acute/critical care only

^b from Fiscal Year 2018 CMS Impact File