Table 2.

Scope and activities of HCEPs

Hospital category	Breadth of scope	Breadth of activities
	Ethics content areas	Target educational audiences	Policy work	Other activities
Bed size
1–99 (reference category)	1.7	2.8	2.3	1.4
100–199	2.0	3.3	2.3	1.7
200–299	2.4**	2.7	2.4	1.8
300–399	2.4	3.3	2.6	1.8
400–499	2.4	4.2	3.2	2.2
500 +	2.2	3.7	2.8	1.8
Ownership
Govt. (federal) (reference category)	3.1	2.0	2.9	2.0
Govt. (non-Federal)	2.0	3.1	2.2	1.3
Investor-owned; for-profit	1.7	2.4	1.7	1.5
Nongovt. (not-for-profit)—church operated	2.1	3.5	2.6	1.8
Nongovt. (not-for-profit)—other	2.0	3.1	2.5	1.7
Academic affiliation
Major teaching	2.5****	4.0*	3.1****	2.0***
Minor teaching	2.3****	3.5*	2.8****	1.8***
Non-teaching (reference category)	1.7	2.7	2.1	1.4
Location
Urban	1.8**	2.7*	2.7****	1.9****
Rural (reference category)	2.1	3.3	1.8	1.1
Total	2.3	3.1	2.4	1.6

*p < .05

**p < .01

***p < .001

****p < .0001