Table 2.
Characteristics of hospitals, 2010–2017 (n = 449)
| Hospital variables | n | Percentage or IQR |
|---|---|---|
| Urbanicity* | ||
| Urban | 386 | 86 |
| Rural (including small) | 63 | 14 |
| Teaching hospital | ||
| No | 415 | 92 |
| Yes | 34 | 8 |
| Number of beds | ||
| Median | 50 | 68–273 |
| 0–99 beds | 156 | 35 |
| 100–199 beds | 115 | 26 |
| 200–299 beds | 73 | 16 |
| 300–399 beds | 43 | 10 |
| ≥400 beds | 62 | 14 |
| Safety-net hospital† | ||
| No | 341 | 76 |
| Yes | 108 | 24 |
| CMI‡ | ||
| Median | 1.3 | 1.1–1.5 |
| CMI >1.00 | 403 | 90 |
Definition of abbreviations: CMI = Case Mix Index; IQR = interquartile range.
Data are presented as n (%) unless otherwise specified. Eleven hospitals were missing data for ≥1 year.
*
Urban designation was determined by Section 124,840 of the California Health and Safety Code.
†
Safety-net hospitals were defined as those in which the percentage of Medicaid and uninsured discharges fell in the top quartile for that year.
‡
The CMI is the average relative diagnosis-related group weight of a hospital’s inpatient discharges. A higher CMI (>1.0) indicates a more complex and resource-intensive case load.