Table 5.

Regression of Hospital-Level Patient Assessment of Quality on Hospital Nurse Resource Profile

Patient Assessment	Model 1: Unadjusted	P-value	Model 2: Adjusted for Patient and Hospital Characteristics	P-value
	Beta (95% CI)		Beta (95% CI)
Patient gave a rating of 9 or 10 (High)
Middle Profile	4.52 (2.63, 6.41)	<0.001	3.35 (1.53, 5.18)	<0.001
Best Profile	11.10 (8.87, 13.32)	<0.001	9.11 (6.87, 11.36)	<0.001
Patient would definitely recommend the hospital
Middle Profile	5.26 (3.17, 7.35)	<0.001	3.55 (1.53, 5.56)	0.001
Best Profile	12.70 (10.24, 15.17)	<0.001	9.77 (7.30, 12.24)	<0.001
Nurses always communicated well
Middle profile	1.95 (0.35, 3.55)	0.017	1.87 (0.51, 3.22)	0.007
Best Profile	4.17 (2.29, 6.06)	<0.001	4.49 (2.82, 6.15)	<0.001
Patients always received help as soon as they wanted
Middle profile	1.08 (−0.71, 2.88)	0.237	1.60 (0.3, 3.17)	0.045
Best Profile	2.96 (0.85, 5.08)	<0.006	4.01 (2.09, 5.93)	<0.001
Always quiet at night
Middle profile	−0.69 (−2.43, 1.04)	0.431	0.41 (−1.27, 2.08)	0.634
Best Profile	0.95 (−1.09, 2.99)	0.359	2.85 (0.80, 4.91)	0.007
Doctor always communicated well
Middle Profile	0.78 (−0.33, 1.89)	0.169	0.34 (−0.70, 1.38)	0.517
Best Profile	2.30 (0.99, 3.62)	0.001	1.54 (2.66, 2.82)	0.018
Room was always clean
Middle Profile	0.69 (−0.95, 2.34)	0.408	0.45 (−1.11, 2.00)	0.572
Best Profile	3.36 (1.42, 5.29)	0.001	3.19 (1.28, 5.10)	0.001
Staff gave patients discharge information
Middle profile	1.45 (0.39, 2.50)	0.007	1.50 (0.56, 2.44)	0.002
Best profile	3.10 (1.86, 4.35)	<0.001	3.41 (2.25, 4.56)	<0.001
Pain was always well controlled
Middle profile	1.47 (0.11, 2.82)	<0.001	1.06 (−0.20, 2.31)	0.098
Best profile	3.37 (1.78, 4.96)	<0.001	2.82 (1.28, 4.36)	<0.001
Staff always explained medications
Middle Profile	1.92 (0.52, 3.31)	0.007	1.37 (0.10, 2.63)	0.034
Best Profile	4.80 (3.15, 6.44)	<0.001	3.89 (2.34, 5.44)	<0.001

Notes. CI= Confidence Interval. Beta coefficients are from linear regression models adjusted for hospital characteristics.