| Hospital region | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Northeast | Midwest | South | West |
Number | 103 (17.0) | 159 (26.2) | 222 (36.6) | 122 (20.1) |
Hospital type | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   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 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   < 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 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   < 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) |