Table 3.

Target audiences to which health care ethics programs have responsibility for providing ongoing ethics education (N = 278)

Hospital category	Population estimate (% of hospitals)
	All staff	Leadership/ manage-ment	Staff physicians	Medical residents	Nurses	Non-clinical staff	Community/general public
Bed size
1–99 (ref. category)	88.2	47 .1	41.2	.00	58.8	35.3	11.8
100–199	61.5	46.2	59.0	28.2**	61.5	51.3	25.6
200–299	74.5	33.3	39.2	25.5**	54.9	29.4	11.8
300–399	66.7	40.0	53.3	40.0**	55.6	42.2	28.9
400–499	83.9	61.3	71.0	54.8**	77.4	48.4	25.8
500 +	67.4	35.8	65.3	62.1**	64.2	48.4	31.6
Academic affiliation
Major teaching	67.2	35.1	67.7**	70.9**	73.3	53.7	28.2
Minor teaching	71.2	52.3	64.9**	31.7**	70.8	45.9	16.5
Non-teaching (ref. category)	82.3	39.9	35.5	5.3	50.5	34.3	18.3
Location
Urban	70.1	40.9	58.3*	45.3**	62.6	43.7	24.4
Rural (ref. category)	79.2	41.7	41.7	12.5	54.2	41.7	29.2
Total	77.0	44.2	49.0	20.3	59.9	40.2	18.4

*p < .01

**p < .0001