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Table 5 Percentage of hospitals presenting the specified item: hospitalization and medical services

From: Italian hospitals on the web: a cross-sectional analysis of official websites

Number and description of the item as it appears in the Codebook

Public hospitals type 1 (PubHs-1)#

N = 198

Public hospitals type 2 (PubHs-2)#

N = 221

Private hospitals(PrHs)

N = 344

p*

value

p*

value

PubH-1 vs PrHs

 

% of hospitals reporting the item

  

42. Admission guide: different types of admissions are disclosed

71.7

45.2

72.1

<0.001

0.93

43. Admission guide: information and rules to be followed on admission

68.7

31.7

62.2

<0.001

0.13

44. Admission guide: information and rules to be followed during the hospital stay

55.1

19.5

43.9

<0.001

0.01

45. Admission guide: information and rules to be followed on discharge

48.5

16.7

40.1

<0.001

0.06

46. Admission guide: information and rules to be followed regarding visits by relatives

66.7

43.0

59.6

<0.001

0.10

47. Admission guide: information and procedure for obtaining a copy of the medical documentation

65.2

47.1

43.0

<0.001

<0.001

48. Details of how to pay prescription charges or fees

44.4

33.0

17.4

<0.001

<0.001

49. Departments or units providing user services: complete list

89.9

93.7

84.9

0.01

0.10

50. Departments or units providing user services: location

63.1

43.9

24.1

<0.001

<0.001

51. Departments or units providing user services: telephone and/or fax number and/or e-mail address

70.7

87.8

30.2

<0.001

<0.001

52. Detailed list of outpatient hospital services available (consultation, diagnostic services)

78.3

71.0

79.9

0.04

0.65

53. Number of hospital beds disclosed

51.5

24.9

66.0

<0.001

0.01

54. Waiting list disclosed

24.2

9.5

13.4

<0.001

0.01

55. Date of last monitoring of the waiting list disclosed

17.7

4.1

6.1

<0.001

<0.001

56. Hospital report of the number of admissions in the previous year

10.6

3.2

6.7

0.01

0.11

57. Doctors' curricula disclosed

12.1

1.4

8.7

<0.001

0.20

58. Hospital quality indicator: nosocomial infection rate disclosed

0

0

0.3

0.5

0.45

59. Hospital quality indicator: inpatient mortality rate disclosed

0.5

0

0.6

0.5

0.91

60. Hospital quality indicator: surgical mortality rate disclosed

0

0

0.6

0.3

0.28

61. Hospital quality indicator: others

11.6

1.4

13.4

<0.001

0.55

62. List of employed doctors in alphabetical order

9.6

0

4.1

<0.001

0.01

63. List of employed doctors by specialisation

47.5

31.7

45.6

<0.001

0.68

64. Information about private consultations/services and fees

69.2

28.5

63.4

<0.001

0.17

65. List of consultations/services with fees available

27.8

9.5

19.5

<0.001

0.03

66. Cost of consultations/services with fees available

10.1

4.5

1.5

<0.001

<0.001

  1. # PubHs-1: Public hospitals with their own website; PubHs-2: Public hospitals with a section on the website of their LHA
  2. * Chi-square test or Fisher exact test, when appropriate