Characteristics of community hospitals that participated in sustainability monitoring
| All eligible community hospitals (n=34) | Participated in sustainability monitoring (n=23) | Dropped out of sustainability monitoring (n=11) | P value* | |
| Teaching hospital (n, %) | 30 (88) | 19 (83) | 11 (100) | 0.28 |
| Hospital size (n, %) | 0.86 | |||
| Small (<100) | 2 (6) | 2 (9) | 0 (0) | |
| Medium (100–249) | 9 (26) | 6 (26) | 3 (27) | |
| Large (≥250) | 23 (68) | 15 (65) | 8 (73) | |
| Geographic region (n, %) | 0.27 | |||
| West | 12 (35) | 9 (39) | 3 (27) | |
| South | 7 (21) | 3 (13) | 4 (36) | |
| Northeast | 7 (21) | 4 (17) | 3 (27) | |
| Midwest | 8 (24) | 7 (30) | 1 (9) | |
| Location (n, %) | 0.75 | |||
| Urban | 14 (41) | 9 (39) | 5 (45) | |
| Suburban | 18 (53) | 12 (52) | 6 (55) | |
| Rural | 2 (6) | 2 (9) | 0 (0) | |
| Ownership model (n, %) | 0.55 | |||
| Government | 2 (6) | 1 (4) | 1 (10) | |
| Private, non-profit | 32 (94) | 22 (96) | 10 (85) | |
| Private, investor owned | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Core intervention components implemented (of five total) (mean, SD) | 4.4 (1.0) | 4.6 (0.8) | 4.1 (1.4) | 0.50 |
| Electronic health record integration (n, %) | 17 (50) | 13 (57) | 4 (36) | 0.46 |
| Percent improvement in guideline adherence during collaborative (mean % change, SD)† | 23 (17) | 29 (14) | 15 (17) | 0.02 |
Bold font signifies statistically significant values.
*Calculated using multivariable regression models that adjusted for all listed patient characteristics.
†Mean change in rate of adherence across all three guideline adherence measures during the collaborative.