Appendix C: Trending Results by Hospital Characteristics
Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2010 User Comparative Database
Characteristics of the Trending Hospitals
The tables below display the distribution of trending hospitals by bed size, teaching status, and ownership and control. In addition, the tables show the distributions of all 885 hospitals in the 2010 database and of all American Hospital Association (AHA)-registered U.S. hospitals for comparison purposes.1
As shown in Table C-1, the distribution of trending hospitals by bed size is similar to the distribution of database hospitals and to the distribution of AHA-registered U.S. hospitals.
Table C-1. Distribution of 321 Trending Hospitals by Bed Size
Bed Size | 2010 Trending Hospitals | 2010 Database Hospitals | AHA-Registered U.S. Hospitals | |||
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Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
6-24 beds | 28 | 9% | 73 | 8% | 607 | 10% |
25-49 beds | 56 | 17% | 161 | 18% | 1,374 | 22% |
50-99 beds | 51 | 16% | 151 | 17% | 1,329 | 21% |
100-199 beds | 64 | 20% | 189 | 21% | 1,341 | 21% |
200-299 beds | 48 | 15% | 129 | 15% | 704 | 11% |
300-399 beds | 24 | 7% | 70 | 8% | 402 | 6% |
400-499 beds | 20 | 6% | 47 | 5% | 205 | 3% |
500 or more beds | 30 | 9% | 65 | 7% | 318 | 5% |
Total | 321 | 99% | 885 | 99% | 6,280 | 99% |
Note: Percentages may not add to exactly 100 percent due to rounding.
Tables C-2 and C-3 show that most of the 321 trending hospitals were nonteaching (69 percent) and non-government owned and controlled (76 percent). Again, these distributions are similar to the 2010 database overall (68 percent nonteaching and 81 percent non-government owned) and to the AHA hospitals (77 percent nonteaching and 74 percent non-government owned).
Table C-2. Distribution of 321 Trending Hospitals by Teaching Status
Teaching Status | 2010 Trending Hospitals | 2010 Database Hospitals | AHA-Registered U.S. Hospitals | |||
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Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
Teaching | 99 | 31% | 285 | 32% | 1,442 | 23% |
Nonteaching | 222 | 69% | 600 | 68% | 4,838 | 77% |
Total | 321 | 100% | 885 | 100% | 6,280 | 100% |
Table C-3. Distribution of 321 Trending Hospitals by Ownership and Control
Ownership and Control | 2010 Trending Hospitals | 2010 Database Hospitals | AHA-Registered U.S. Hospitals | |||
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Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
Government (Federal or non-Federal) | 77 | 24% | 172 | 19% | 1,645 | 26% |
Nongovernment (voluntary/nonprofit or proprietary/investor owned) | 244 | 76% | 713 | 81% | 4,635 | 74% |
Total | 321 | 100% | 885 | 100% | 6,280 | 100% |
Trending Results by (1) Bed Size
Note: The number of hospitals and respondents in each breakout category is shown in each table (e.g., the number of hospitals and respondents by bed size). However, the precise number of hospitals and respondents corresponding to each data cell in a table will vary because hospitals may have omitted a specific survey item and because of individual nonresponse or missing data.
Table C-4. Trending: Composite-Level Average Percent Positive Response by Bed Size
Table C-5 Trending: Item-Level Average Percent Positive Response by Bed Size
Table C-6. Trending: Average Percent Distribution of Patient Safety Grades by Bed Size
Table C-7. Trending: Average Percent Distribution of Event Reports in the Past 12 Months by Bed Size
Trending Results by (2) Teaching Status and (3) Ownership and Control
Note: The number of hospitals and respondents in each breakout category is shown in each table (e.g., the number of hospitals and respondents by teaching status and ownership and control). However, the precise number of hospitals and respondents corresponding to each data cell in a table will vary because hospitals may have omitted a specific survey item and because of individual nonresponse or missing data.
Table C-8. Trending: Composite-Level Average Percent Positive Response by Hospital Teaching Status and Ownership and Control
Table C-9. Trending: Item-Level Average Percent Positive Response by Hospital Teaching Status and Ownership and Control
Table C-10. Trending: Average Percent Distribution of Patient Safety Grades by Teaching Status and Ownership and Control
Table C-11. Trending: Average Percent Distribution of Event Reports in the Past 12 Months by Teaching Status and Ownership and Control
1 Data for AHA-registered hospitals were obtained from the 2004 AHA Annual Survey of Hospitals Database or the 2006 AHA Annual Survey of Hospitals Database, © 2007 Health Forum, LLC, an affiliate of the American Hospital Association. Hospitals not registered with AHA were asked to provide information on their hospital's characteristics, such as bed size and teaching status.