Joint Commission accreditation | n | Mean | SD |
Not accredited by Joint Commission | 585 | 60.4 | 16.4 |
Accredited by Joint Commission | 4522 | 59.2 | 16.9 |
Size | |||
Small hospitals (<100 beds) | 1029 | 60.5 | 17.1 |
Medium hospitals (100–399 beds) | 2921 | 59.3 | 16.8 |
Large hospitals (400+ beds) | 1157 | 58.5 | 16.9 |
Health system membership | |||
Not a member of a healthcare system | 1083 | 59.8 | 17.5 |
Member of a healthcare system | 4024 | 59.2 | 16.7 |
Teaching status | |||
Non-teaching hospital | 2701 | 59.0 | 16.7 |
Teaching hospital | 2406 | 59.8 | 17.1 |
Ownership | |||
Private, non-profit hospital | 3654 | 59.6 | 17.1 |
Private, for-profit hospital | 939 | 58.2 | 16.0 |
Public, non-federal hospital | 514 | 59.3 | 16.7 |
Location | |||
Located in a rural area | 1253 | 60.2 | 16.8 |
Located in an urban area | 3854 | 59.1 | 16.9 |
Region | |||
Located in the North-East | 1064 | 62.0 | 16.4 |
Located in the West | 1208 | 61.4 | 17.4 |
Located in the Midwest | 1023 | 58.6 | 16.6 |
Located in the South | 1812 | 56.8 | 16.5 |
n=1527 hospitals in an unbalanced panel from 2009 to 2016. Total of 5107 hospital-year observations.