Table 2.

Hospital Characteristics

Variable	n = 134
Hospital bed size
<100 beds	40 (30)
100–250 beds	61 (46)
>250 beds	33 (25)
ICU bed size*
<10 beds	28 (23)
10–25 beds	70 (56)
>25 beds	26 (21)
Teaching status†
Non-teaching	70 (52)
Small teaching	37 (28)
Large teaching	27 (20)
Ownership
Non-profit	117 (87)
For-profit	17 (13)
MSA size
<100,000 or non-MSA	27 (20)
100,000 – 1 million	44 (33)
>1 million	63 (47)
Medicaid penetration
Lowest tertile (0–7%)	44 (33)
Middle tertile (7–11%)	45 (34)
Highest tertile (11–40%)	45 (34)
HMO penetration
Lowest tertile (0–3%)	45 (34)
Middle tertile (3–7%)	45 (34)
Highest tertile (7–21%)	44 (33)
LTAC beds in HRR
0	19 (14)
1–200	52 (39)
>200	63 (47)

Results are listed as frequency (%). Not all percentages add to 100 because of rounding. MSA = metropolitan statistical area size; HMO = health maintenance organization; LTAC = long-term acute care hospital; HRR = Dartmouth Atlas hospital referral region

^*Missing in 10 hospital records

^†Teaching status categorized by resident-to-bed ratio (non-teaching 0, small teaching >0 to <0.25, large teaching ≥0.25)