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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 3A:

Characteristics of Sampling Design by Complexity Score Contribution from Hospitals

Number of
Hospitals
System Characteristics Surveys to
Expend
Corporate Parent Hospital & Practice
N Hospitals N Practices N Own Sub N % Sampled N % Sampled
0 0 6.1 0 4.8 602 45.3 3681 32.1
1 1 2.8 0.1 4.2 377 37.8 1421 37
2 2 3.2 0.2 5.2 196 44.3 1019 42.4
3 3 4.8 0.2 6.7 92 51.9 717 42.2
4 4.4 5.7 0.5 8.2 100 63.4 1006 48.4
5 7.4 8.5 1.2 10.1 90 73.4 1431 43.8
6 13.7 9.7 1.3 11.2 39 81.9 914 36.2
7 27.6 13.1 4.9 13.2 11 96.5 448 29
8 54.5 12.5 6.5 14.5 2 99 134 20
9 81 4 0 14 1 100 85 15.3
10 179 33 13 18 1 100 212 8

Note: The component of the complexity score for hospitals is a monotone function of the number of hospitals