Table T6_2_1_6-1

2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

This appendix provides detailed data tables for all measures analyzed for the 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Tables are included for measures discussed in the main text of the reports as well as for other measures that were examined but not included in the main text.

Table 6_2_1_6.1
Hospitals that electronically exchange patient medication history with ambulatory care providers outside the hospital system, United States, 2008–2010
		2010			2009			2008
Hospital characteristics		Sample size	Percent	SE^b	Sample size	Percent	SE^b	Sample size	Percent	SE^b
Total		1,999	32.1	1.0	2,112	28.2	1.0	1,963	36.3	1.1
Region	Northeast	299	33.4	2.7	338	29.2	2.5	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Midwest	721	30.6	1.7	706	32.2	1.8	DNA	DNA	DNA
	South	644	31.2	1.8	735	25.4	1.6	DNA	DNA	DNA
	West	335	36.1	2.6	333	24.9	2.4	DNA	DNA	DNA
Location	Urban	1,141	33.3	1.4	1,255	29.6	1.3	1,355	35.9	1.3
Location	Rural	858	30.5	1.6	857	26.2	1.5	608	37.2	2.0
Bed size	Less than 100	808	26.4	1.6	807	23.7	1.5	DNA	DNA	DNA
	100–399	922	35.5	1.6	989	30.4	1.5	DNA	DNA	DNA
	400 or more	269	37.5	3.0	316	32.9	2.6	DNA	DNA	DNA
Graduate medical education program^a	Yes	527	36.8	2.1	589	31.2	1.9	546	38.1	2.1
Graduate medical education program^a	No	1,472	30.5	1.2	1,523	27.1	1.1	1,417	35.6	1.3
Medical school affiliation	Yes	675	36.5	1.9	721	31.0	1.7	684	40.1	1.9
Medical school affiliation	No	1,324	29.9	1.3	1,391	26.8	1.2	1,279	34.3	1.3
Member of the Council of Teaching Hospitals	Yes	218	41.2	3.3	247	32.7	3.0	221	39.8	3.3
Member of the Council of Teaching Hospitals	No	1,781	31.0	1.1	1,865	27.6	1.0	1,742	35.9	1.1
Control of hospital	Government, non-Federal	440	28.1	2.1	399	23.0	2.1	335	37.0	2.6
	Nongovernment, not for profit	1,275	36.0	1.3	1,396	32.0	1.2	1,313	40.7	1.4
	Investor owned, for profit	216	20.8	2.8	234	19.6	2.6	227	22.0	2.7
	Government, Federal	68	20.5	4.9	83	13.2	3.7	88	5.7	2.5
Hospital type	General medical and surgical	1,769	33.7	1.1	1,869	29.4	1.1	1,734	38.5	1.2
	Psychiatric	DSU	DSU	DSU	68	5.8	2.8	DSU	DSU	3.0
	Rehabilitation	DSU	DSU	DSU	43	18.6	5.9	DSU	DSU	6.5
	Children's general	31	64.5	8.6	31	64.5	8.6	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Acute long-term care	DSU	DSU	DSU	36	11.1	5.2	DSU	DSU	3.6

^a Residency training program approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

^b Standard errors were estimated using the SAS 9.2.2 means procedure and should be interpreted with caution as data may violate assumption of normality.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality (relative standard error lager than 30% or sample size less than 10).

Source: American Hospital Association, Information Technology Supplement.

Page last reviewed June 2013

Internet Citation: Table T6_2_1_6-1: 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. June 2013. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr12/6_carecoordination/T6_2_1_6-1.html