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Table 1 Descriptive statistics: readmission rates, staff responsiveness, nurse or doctor communication, and hospital Characteristics by clinical condition

From: Patients’ perceptions of interactions with hospital staff are associated with hospital readmissions: a national survey of 4535 hospitals

Variables

Acute myocardial infarction

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Heart failure

Hip/knee surgery

Pneumonia

Stroke

 

Mean(SD)

Mean(SD)

Mean(SD)

Mean(SD)

Mean(SD)

Mean(SD)

Sample size

2234

3513

3574

2734

3758

2740

30-day readmission rate (%)

17.84(1.06)

20.76(1.31)

22.70(1.66)

5.19(0.67)

17.35(1.31)

13.30(1.20)

Percent of patients reported in the Top Box for the category

Responsiveness of hospital staff (%)

63.78(6.24)

66.43(7.91)

66.53(7.96)

65.98(7.54)

67.03(8.35)

64.77(6.71)

Communication with nurse (%)

77.32(4.42)

78.44(4.99)

78.47(5.02)

78.41(4.69)

78.70(5.24)

77.76(4.52)

Communication with doctor (%)

79.60(3.84)

81.19(4.88)

81.24(4.93)

80.60(4.14)

81.45(5.12)

80.29(4.29)

Hospital characteristics

Hospital ownership

%

%

%

%

%

%

 Government

12.85

18.96

19.11

14.63

20.65

15.58

 For-profit

18.53

16.94

17.04

19.60

16.37

17.66

 Non-profit

68.62

64.10

63.85

65.76

62.99

66.75

Hospital type

%

%

%

%

%

%

 Acute Care Hospitals

98.93

84.26

83.52

92.28

80.39

94.31

 Critical Access Hospitals

1.07

15.74

16.48

7.72

19.61

5.69

Hospital Offers Emergency Services(yes)

98.39

98.29

98.18

96.42

98.08

98.65