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Table 5 Comparison of rural hospital characteristics by facility type

From: Mechanical ventilation in rural ICUs

 

RRH

RH

 

Variable

mean±SD

(range)

mean±SD

(range)

P*

Acute beds

201± 62.7

(141-320)

56± 16.9

(29-93)

0.0004

ICU beds

12± 2.8

(8-16)

5± 1.7

(3-8)

0.0004

ICU/acute bed ratio

6± 1.6%

 

9± 2.7%

  

ICU occupancy rate

67± 15.5%

(40-86%)

30± 16.0%

(5-57%)

 

Staff FTEs

     

      Physicians

34± 8.5

(24-46)

13± 5.3

(6-24)

0.0004

      Nurses

24± 8.9

(14-42)

8.5± 3.3

(4-16)

0.0005

      Respiratory therapy

13.3± 4.4

(7-19)

3.9± 1.9

(1-8)

0.0005

      Pharmacy

5± 2.1

(3-9)

1.7± 0.7

(1-3)

0.0004

      Dietary

3.3± 1.7

(1-7)

1.3± 0.7

(0.5-3)

0.0043

Average ventilation (h/month)

877± 770.6

(275-2525)

80± 76.1

(8-250)

0.0004

  1. *By Wilcoxon Rank Sum procedure (Rosner 1995). RRH,rural referral hospital; RH, rural hospital; ICU, intensive care unit; FTE,full-time equivalents.