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Table 1 Characteristics of participating hospitals and interviewees (stratified by HAI reporting status)

From: Chief nursing officers’ perspectives on Medicare’s hospital-acquired conditions non-payment policy: implications for policy design and implementation

Characteristic

Reporting (n = 8)

Non-Reporting (n = 6)

Hospitals

  

Bedsize (mean, (range))

(346, (168 to 606))

(434, (201 to 750))

Urban

75%

100%

Geographic Location

 Northeast

88%

0%

 South

0%

50%

 Midwest

0%

50%

 West

12%

0%

Teaching Hospital

88%

50%

Ownership

 Not-for-profit

100%

83%

 Government

0%

17%

Magnet hospital

63%

0%

Interviewees

Position

n = 12

n = 7

 Chief Nursing Executive

67%

71%

 Chief Operating Officer

25%

0%

 Chief/Other Quality Officer

8%

0%

 Other RN

0%

29%

Years in position (mean, (range))

(5.2, (4 Months to 22 Years))

(8.8, (1 Year to 20 Years))

Years at institution (mean, (range))

(4.7, (10 Months to 11 Years))

(11.1, (10 Months to 33 Years))

Terminal degree (%)

 PhD

25%

14%

 Any 1 Master’s Degree (MSN, MBA, MNA, MHA, MEd)

50%

72%

 MSN, MBA (combo)

17%

14%

 MD

8%

0%