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Table 1 Survey hospital characteristics

From: Visitation policies and practices in US ICUs

 

Hospital region

Variable

Northeast

Midwest

South

West

Number

103 (17.0)

159 (26.2)

222 (36.6)

122 (20.1)

Hospital type

    

   Community

55 (53.4)

102 (64.2)

154 (69.4)

90 (73.8)

   Federal

26 (25.2)

31 (19.5)

40 (18.0)

18 (14.8)

   University

22 (21.4)

26 (16.4)

28 (12.6)

14 (11.5)

Hospital bed number

    

   < 100

16 (15.5)

56 (35.2)

55 (24.8)

39 (32.0)

   100 to 299

45 (43.7)

58 (36.5)

101 (45.5)

53 (43.4)

   300 to 499

10 (9.7)

26 (16.4)

34 (15.3)

19 (15.6)

   > 500

22 (21.4)

16 (10.1)

28 (12.6)

9 (7.4)

   Not reported

10 (9.7)

3 (1.9)

4 (1.8)

2 (1.6)

ICU number

2.4 ± 2.1

2.0 ± 1.8

2.0 ± 1.6

2.0 ± 1.8

ICU bed number

    

   < 10

16 (15.5)

56 (35.2)

44 (19.8)

26 (21.3)

   10 to 15

34 (33.0)

35 (22.0)

88 (39.6)

32 (26.2)

   16 to 39

24 (23.3)

40 (25.2)

59 (26.6)

41 (33.6)

   ≥ 40

27 (26.2)

27 (17.0)

29 (13.1)

23 (18.9)

   Not reported

2 (1.9)

1 (0.6)

2 (0.9)

0

ICU bed percentage

11.0 ± 9.9

12.0 ± 20.9

9.9 ± 7.1

15.2 ± 17.6

ICU clinical nurse specialist present

42 (40.8)

63 (39.9)

80 (36.0)

51 (41.8)

ICU medical director present

75 (73.5)

92 (58.6)

121 (54.8)

86 (71.1)

  1. Data presented as number (percentage) or mean ± standard deviation.