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Published in final edited form as: Acad Emerg Med. 2020 Dec 19;28(3):336–345. doi: 10.1111/acem.14181

Table 3.

Rates of Outpatient Treatment According to Hospital Characteristics

Hospital Characteristic	Number of Hospitals (N = 528)	Median Outpatient Management Rate (IQR)	IOR-80%
Hospital Characteristic	Number of Hospitals (N = 528)	Median Outpatient Management Rate (IQR)	Lower	Upper
West	115	7.1 (3.2–14.3)	Reference
Midwest	128	4.9 (2.4–10)	0.15	3.02
South	223	4.4 (2.1–8.6)	0.15	3.04
Northeast	62	4.2 (2.4–9.1)	0.13	2.59
Small (<200 beds)	241	7.5 (4.2–14.3)	0.53	11
Medium (200–400 beds)	160	4 (2–8.1)	0.33	6.82
Large (>400 beds)	127	3.1 (1.6–5.1)	Reference
Nonteaching hospital	379	5.6 (2.5–11.1)	0.19	3.86
Teaching hospital	149	4 (2.2–6.8)	Reference
Rural	129	6.7 (3.6–13)	0.25	5.15
Urban	399	4.4 (2.2–9)	Reference

IQR = interquartile ratio; IOR-80% = 80% interval odds ratio.