Tables 2-1 to 2-5: Survey Administration Statistics

2009 Comparative Database Report

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Table 2-1. Overall Statistics for the 2009 Database Participating Hospitals
Table 2-2. Summary Statistics for 2009 Database Participating Hospitals
Table 2-3. Survey Administration Statistics
Table 2-4. Average Hospital Response Rate by Mode
Table 2-5. Types of Staff or Work Areas/Units Surveyed

Table 2-1. Overall Statistics for the 2009 Database Participating Hospitals

Overall Statistic	Previous Submissions (H=395) (included in prior database reports)		New Submissions (H=227) (new data for the 2009 report)		Total 2009 Database
Overall Statistic	First-Time Submissions (submitted once)	Resubmissions (submitted more than once)	First-Time Submissions (submitted once)	Resubmissions (submitted more than once)	Total 2009 Database
Number of hospitals	314	81	104	123	622
Number of individual survey respondents	94,825	9,717	32,096	59,824	196,462

Table 2-2. Summary Statistics for 2009 Database Participating Hospitals

Overall Statistic	Number
Average number of completed surveys per hospital (range: 11 to 3,908)	316
Average number of surveys administered per hospital (range: 15 to 11,269)	833
Average hospital response rate (range: 4% to 100%)	52%

Table 2-3. Survey Administration Statistics

Survey Administration Mode	2009 Database Hospitals		2009 Database Respondents
Survey Administration Mode	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Paper only	276	44%	53,293	27%
Web only	206	33%	78,184	40%
Both paper and Web	140	23%	64,985	33%
Total	622	100%	196,462	100%

Table 2-4. Average Hospital Response Rate by Mode

Survey Administration Mode	Average Hospital Response Rate
Paper only	58%
Web only	45%
Both Web and paper	52%

Table 2-5. Types of Staff or Work Areas/Units Surveyed

Types of Staff or Work Areas/Units Surveyed	2009 Database Hospitals		2009 Database Respondents
Types of Staff or Work Areas/Units Surveyed	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
All staff, or a sample of all staff, from all work areas/units	463	74%	152,594	78%
Selected staff only	79	13%	16,741	9%
Selected work areas/units only	26	4%	4,851	2%
Selected staff and selected work areas/units	54	9%	22,276	11%
Total	622	100%	196,462	100%

Page last reviewed April 2009

Internet Citation: Tables 2-1 to 2-5: Survey Administration Statistics: 2009 Comparative Database Report. April 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://archive.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/hospital/2009/tabs21-5.html