Table T8_1_1_1-1

2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

This appendix provides detailed data tables for all measures analyzed for the 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Tables are included for measures discussed in the main text of the reports as well as for other measures that were examined but not included in the main text.

Table 8_1_1_1.1
Hospitals that have implemented select electronic capabilities, including patient demographics, physician notes, nursing notes, problem list, medication list, discharge summaries, and advanced directives, United States, 2010
		2010
Hospital characteristics		Sample size	Percent	SE^b
Total		3,064	18.4	0.7
Region	Northeast	446	15.6	1.7
	Midwest	1,102	20.6	1.2
	South	1,030	17.1	1.2
	West	486	18.5	1.8
Location	Urban	1,617	20.2	1.0
Location	Rural	1,447	16.3	1.0
Bed size	Less than 100	1,489	13.7	0.9
	100–399	1,244	22.0	1.2
	400 or more	331	25.9	2.4
Graduate medical education program^a	Yes	657	29.5	1.8
Graduate medical education program^a	No	2,407	15.4	0.7
Medical school affiliation	Yes	872	28.5	1.5
Medical school affiliation	No	2,192	14.4	0.7
Member of the Council of Teaching Hospitals	Yes	250	38.0	3.1
Member of the Council of Teaching Hospitals	No	2,814	16.7	0.7
Control of hospital	Government, non-Federal	774	12.6	1.2
	Nongovernment, not for profit	1,781	20.8	1.0
	Investor-owned, for profit	441	9.5	1.4
	Government, Federal	68	77.9	5.0
Hospital type	General medical and surgical	2,596	19.2	0.8
	Psychiatric	178	10.1	2.3
	Rehabilitation	80	13.7	3.8
	Children's general	39	38.4	7.8
	Acute long-term care	79	15.1	4.0

^a Residency training program approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

^b Standard errors were estimated using the SAS 9.2.2 means procedure and should be interpreted with caution as data may violate assumption of normality.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality (relative standard error larger than 30% or sample size less than 10).

Source: American Hospital Association, Information Technology Supplement.

Page last reviewed June 2013

Internet Citation: Table T8_1_1_1-1: 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. June 2013. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr12/8_healthsysteminfrastructure/T8_1_1_1-1.html