Table 4.
Policy activities and other activities of health care ethics programs
| Hospital category | Population estimate (% of hospitals) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Policy activities (N = 276) | Other activities (N = 244) | |||||||
| Lead policy develop-ment | Assist policy develop-ment | Lead policy review | Assist policy review | Represen-tative in executive leadership | Represen-tative on other committees | Lead large-scale ethics QI initiatives | Actively engaged in community outreach | |
| Bed size | ||||||||
| 1–99 (ref. category) | 50.0 | 43.8 | 81.3 | 50.0 | 92.9 | 21.4 | 7.1 | 14.3 |
| 100–199 | 41.0 | 66.7 | 71.8 | 51.3 | 65.7*** | 54.3*** | 22.9 | 25.7 |
| 200–299 | 56.3 | 54.2 | 68.8 | 56.3 | 88.9 | 40.0 | 26.7 | 26.7 |
| 300–399 | 64.4 | 68.9 | 71.1 | 60.0 | 63.2 | 63.2*** | 26.3 | 28.9 |
| 400–499 | 77.4 | 87.1 | 80.6 | 71.0 | 75.0 | 75.0*** | 32.1 | 39.3 |
| 500+ | 59.8 | 79.4 | 68.0 | 76.3 | 63.1 | 60.7*** | 25.0 | 33.3 |
| Academic affiliation | ||||||||
| Major teaching | 69.1 | 90.2*** | 74.3 | 71.6 | 56.7* | 84.0*** | 32.4*** | 29.8 |
| Minor teaching | 57.7 | 74.9*** | 79.1 | 64.9 | 79.9 | 43.0 | 28.5*** | 29.2 |
| Non-teachingref. category) | 45.8 | 40.3 | 73.2 | 45.8 | 84.6 | 32.2 | 6.9 | 16.2 |
| Location | ||||||||
| Urban | 59.7 | 72.3*** | 71.9*** | 66.4*** | 70.3 | 58.6** | 27.0*** | 31.1 |
| Rural (ref. category) | 47.8 | 47.8 | 65.2 | 43.5 | 81.8 | 27.3 | 4.5 | 18.2 |
| Total | 52.2 | 57.4 | 75.5 | 55.1 | 80..5 | 40.7 | 17.7 | 22.6 |
*p < .05
**p < .01
***p < .0001