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Table 2 Characteristics of hospitals and ICUs in each time period

From: Changes in hospital mortality for United States intensive care unit admissions from 1988 to 2012

 

1988-1989

1993-1996

2001-2003

2004-2006

2007-2009

2010-2012

# of hospitals

40

161

71

57

98

90

Region

      

   Northeast

17.5%

19.9%

4.2%

0.0%

16.0%

21.1%

   Southeast

32.5%

29.2%

31.0%

31.6%

27.0%

21.1%

   Midwest

30.0%

23.0%

35.2%

35.1%

33.0%

41.1%

   West

20.0%

28.0%

29.6%

33.3%

24.0%

16.7%

Teaching Status

      

   COTH

52.5%

40.4%

16.9%

17.5%

34.0%

54.4%

   Teach, non-COTH

10.0%

19.9%

36.6%

43.9%

37.0%

24.4%

   Non-teach

37.5%

39.7%

46.5%

38.6%

29.0%

21.1%

Bedsize

474

464

453

501

497

473

   # of intensive care units

42

285

166

136

199

180

ICU Type

      

   Mixed Medical-Surgical

71.0%

33.3%

36.5%

30.9%

31.5%

36.7%

   Medical

10.0%

19.6%

12.6%

15.4%

19.8%

17.4%

   Surgical

16.0%

22.1%

14.4%

17.7%

21.3%

22.9%

   Other

3.0%

25.0%

36.5%

36.0%

27.4%

22.9%

  1. COTH, Council of Teaching hospitals; Other, cardiothoracic, coronary, neurological, and trauma units