Table 1: Characteristics of hospitals included in the study.
The study includes 3256 hospitals with 25 or more cases of at least one of the three target conditions of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP), acute myocardial infarction (AMI), heart failure (HF) or pneumonia, during the study period from July 2008-June 2016.
| Overall | Hospitals with >25 AMI | Hospitals with >25 HF | Hospitals with >25 Pneumonia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of hospitals | 3256 | 2744 | 3214 | 3245 |
| Hospitalizations, N | ||||
| Overall, for respective targeted conditions | - | 1,288,099 | 2,841,935 | 3,295,266 |
| Number per hospital, median (IQR) | - | 270 (88, 661) | 620 (282, 1227) | 797 (414, 1384) |
| Bedsize* | ||||
| Small (<250 beds) | 2061 (63.3) | 1654 (60.3) | 2029 (63.1) | 2054 (63.3) |
| Medium (250-500) | 707 (21.7) | 698 (25.4) | 706 (22) | 707 (21.8) |
| Large (≥500) | 276 (8.5) | 273 (9.9) | 274 (8.5) | 276 (8.5) |
| Urban location* | 2777 (85.3) | 2482 (90.5) | 2746 (85.4) | 2770 (85.4) |
| Ownership* | ||||
| Public | 476 (14.6) | 340 (12.4) | 462 (14.4) | 476 (14.7) |
| Private, not-for-Profit | 1922 (59.0) | 1734 (63.2) | 1911 (59.5) | 1920 (59.2) |
| Private, for-profit | 646 (19.8) | 551 (20.1) | 636 (19.8) | 641 (19.8) |
| Teaching status* | ||||
| Council of teaching hospitals | 230 (7.1) | 228 (8.3) | 230 (7.2) | 230 (7.1) |
| Teaching hospitals, other | 976 (30) | 906 (33) | 966 (30.1) | 974 (30) |
| Non-Teaching | 1838 (56.4) | 1491 (54.3) | 1813 (56.4) | 1833 (56.5) |
| Safety-Net Hospital*,† | 705 (21.7) | 541 (19.7) | 691 (21.5) | 705 (21.7) |
| HRRP penalties in 2013† | 2214 (68.0) | 1946 (70.9) | 2208 (68.7)) | 2213 (68.2) |
| Disproportionate share hospital in 2014† | 2364 (72.6) | 2050 (74.7) | 2344 (72.9) | 2362 (72.8) |
Abbreviations: AMI - acute myocardial infarction, HF - heart failure, HRRP – hospital readmissions reduction program, IQR – interquartile range.
*
Missing information for 212 hospitals (119 AMI, 205 HF, 208 pneumonia)
†
Based on publicly-reported data by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services