Table 1

Characteristics of hospitals included compared with those not surveyed

Characteristic	Not included	Responded	All eligible	p Value
N	3833 (100.0)	1457 (100.0)	5290 (100.0)
Teaching				0.000
None	3215 (83.9)	1116 (76.6)	4331 (81.9)
Residency	449 (11.7)	185 (12.7)	634 (12.0)
COTH	169 (4.4)	156 (10.7)	325 (6.1)
Ownership				0.000
Government	832 (21.7)	351 (24.1)	1183 (22.4)
Non-profit	2008 (52.4)	866 (59.4)	2874 (54.3)
Profit	900 (23.5)	208 (14.3)	1108 (20.9)
VA	93 (2.4)	32 (2.2)	125 (2.4)
Beds (category)				0.000
≤25	927 (24.2)	267 (18.3)	1194 (22.6)
26–100	1192 (31.1)	384 (26.4)	1576 (29.8)
101–200	742 (19.4)	294 (20.2)	1036 (19.6)
201–300	439 (11.5)	154 (10.6)	593 (11.2)
301+	460 (12.0)	358 (24.6)	818 (15.5)
Missing	73 (1.9)	0 (0.0)	73 (1.4)
Critical access hospital				0.241
No	2863 (74.7)	1111 (76.3)	3974 (75.1)
Yes	970 (25.3)	346 (23.7)	1316 (24.9)
Urban status				0.036
Division	535 (14.0)	228 (15.6)	763 (14.4)
Metro	1766 (46.1)	662 (45.4)	2428 (45.9)
Micro	629 (16.4)	267 (18.3)	896 (16.9)
Rural	903 (23.6)	300 (20.6)	1203 (22.7)
Region				0.000
New England	125 (3.3)	86 (5.9)	211 (4.0)
Mid Atlantic	329 (8.6)	125 (8.6)	454 (8.6)
South Atlantic	509 (13.3)	255 (17.5)	764 (14.4)
East North Central	536 (14.0)	183 (12.6)	719 (13.6)
East South Central	543 (14.2)	243 (16.7)	786 (14.9)
West North Central	350 (9.1)	95 (6.5)	445 (8.4)
West South Central	654 (17.1)	186 (12.8)	840 (15.9)
Mountain	304 (7.9)	140 (9.6)	444 (8.4)
Pacific	428 (11.2)	140 (9.6)	568 (10.7)
Other	54 (1.4)	4 (0.3)	58 (1.1)
Missing	1 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (0.0)