Table 3 Reported strategies by type of hospital
From: Contemporary evidence: baseline data from the D2B Alliance
Hospital Characteristics | EM activates cath lab (%) | Single call activation (%) | Cath team available 20–30 mins (%) | Data feedback (<1 week) (%) | Activate while pt en route (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Staffed beds | |||||
<300 (reference) | 46.9 | 25.7 | 82.0 | 54.1 | 26.9 |
300 – 600 | 53.4 | 28.1 | 80.4 | 51.5 | 34.8* |
>600 | 62.6* | 50.5* | 83.7 | 58.5 | 40.6* |
Ownership type | |||||
Nonprofit (reference) | 53.0 | 31.6 | 82.3 | 52.7 | 32.8 |
For-profit | 49.6 | 21.8 | 79.3 | 58.2 | 32.8 |
Governmental | 46.6 | 31.9 | 79.2 | 52.1 | 25.7 |
Census region | |||||
New England (reference) | 60.7 | 48.3 | 79.3 | 42.9 | 24.1 |
Mid-Atlantic | 48.9 | 33.7 | 76.7 | 59.3 | 27.0 |
South Atlantic | 54.7 | 33.6 | 78.8 | 64.0 | 33.1 |
East North Central | 52.2 | 35.0 | 79.5 | 45.1 | 33.3 |
East South Central | 32.8* | 18.8* | 82.0 | 41.5 | 15.9 |
West North Central | 61.1 | 46.3 | 96.2* | 47.3 | 30.8 |
West South Central | 47.9 | 18.6* | 86.2 | 53.5 | 29.2 |
Mountain | 43.4 | 24.5 | 79.3 | 46.2 | 32.7 |
Pacific | 61.5 | 19.2* | 81.8 | 64.2 | 55.8* |
Teaching status | |||||
Non-teaching (reference) | 49.1 | 22.5 | 83.9 | 55.1 | 32.7 |
Teaching | 54.9 | 38.6* | 78.8* | 51.7 | 31.5 |
N | 761 | 761 | 745 | 771 | 747 |