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 |
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 | % 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 |