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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Serv Outcomes Res Methodol. 2020 Jun 9;20(2-3):85–110. doi: 10.1007/s10742-020-00210-y

Table 1:

Characteristics of Sampling Design Across the Four Major Types of Organizations

Organization
Type		 System Characteristics Surveys to
Expend		 Corporate Parent Owner Subsidiary Hospital & Practice
N Hospitals N Practices N Own Sub N % Sampled N % Sampled N % Sampled
Indep Hospital 1 0 0 1 1034 9.7 0 0 1034 9.7
Ind. Practice 0 1 0 1 7710 10.4 0 0 7710 10.4
Simple System 1.3 4.3 0 5.2 957 45.7 0 0 5422 40.7
Complex System 12.6 21.8 2.4 21.7 164 68 390 45.4 5646 33