TABLE 3.
Hospital Characteristics
| Characteristics | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Hospital size, beds | |
| < 100 | 2 (12) |
| 100–250 | 7 (41) |
| 250–500 | 2 (12) |
| > 500 | 6 (35) |
| ICU size, beds | |
| < 10 | 4 (24) |
| 10–20 | 4 (24) |
| 20–50 | 5 (29) |
| > 100 | 5 (29) |
| Teaching status | |
| Nonteaching | 9 (53) |
| Small teaching | 4 (24) |
| Large teaching | 4 (24) |
| ICU specialty typea | |
| General/mixed ICU | 12 (33) |
| Medical | 6 (16) |
| Surgical | 6 (16) |
| Neurologic | 5 (14) |
| Cardiac | 3 (8) |
| Other | 5 (14) |
an sums to more than the number of hospitals since hospitals may have multiple ICUs, percentages are expressed for the total number of ICUs.