TABLE 1.
Distribution of factors for the systems in each of the four clusters using the HCOS definition
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Cluster 1 n = 202 |
Cluster 2 n = 85 |
Cluster 3 n = 57 |
Cluster 4 n = 33 |
P‐value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # Hospitals, median | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | |
| Differentiation | |||||
| Factor 1 | ‒0.367 | 1.279 | ‒0.057 | ‒0.95 | <0.001 |
| Factor 2 | 0.079 | ‒0.103 | 0.654 | ‒1.351 | <0.001 |
| Centralization | |||||
| Factor 1 | ‒0.349 | ‒0.291 | 2.039 | ‒0.637 | <0.001 |
| Integration [Wz] | |||||
| Factor 1 a | ‒0.090 | ‒0.105 | ‒0.053 | ‒0.020 | 0.692 |
| Factor 2 | ‒0.140 | ‒0.232 | 0.037 | ‒0.336 | 0.002 |
| Factor 3 a | ‒0.169 | ‒0.121 | ‒0.040 | ‒0.31 | 0.128 |
Abbreviation: Wz, Winsorized measures.
a
Non‐significant differences. Numbers represent the mean value of the factors, which are centered on 0 and scaled to have standard deviation of 1, in the clusters indicated by the column headings.