Hospital characteristics associated with highly automated and usable clinical information systems in Texas, United States

Amarasingham, Ruben; Diener-West, Marie; Plantinga, Laura; Cunningham, Aaron C; Gaskin, Darrell J; Powe, Neil R

doi:10.1186/1472-6947-8-39

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Table 3 Sub-Domain Scores by Hospital Characteristics

From: Hospital characteristics associated with highly automated and usable clinical information systems in Texas, United States

		Order		Notes		Tests
Hospital Characteristic	Physicians	β_adj *	p	β_adj *	p	β_adj *	p
Teaching Status
Non-teaching	474	ref	ref	ref	ref	ref	ref
Teaching	141	8.73	0.090	-3.09	0.461	10.32	0.044
Urban Safety Net Status
Non-safety net	535	ref	ref	ref	ref	ref	ref
Urban safety net	80	-0.57	0.939	-0.15	0.976	-2.81	0.629
Bedsize
<350	268	ref	ref	ref	ref	ref	ref
≥ 350	347	1.57	0.590	1.39	0.551	9.98	0.004
Ownership
Not-for-profit	347	ref	ref	ref	ref	ref	ref
Government	80	8.84	0.403	0.79	0.878	-2.49	0.729
For-profit	170	-0.05	0.986	1.89	0.502	-20.65	<.001
Average Age of Plant
< 10 years	367	ref	ref	ref	ref	ref	ref
≥ 10 years	248	-7.78	0.044	0.03	0.992	1.07	0.785
Total Margin
<0.02	236	ref	ref	ref	ref	ref	ref
≥ 0.02	379	-6.00	0.140	0.75	0.774	8.13	0.030
IT Operating Expense
<$1 M	163	ref	ref	ref	ref	ref	ref
≥ $1 M	428	8.13	0.002	0.22	0.929	6.67	0.100
IT Capital Expense
<$75,000	193	ref	ref	ref	ref	ref	ref
≥ $75,000	313	6.24	0.023	-1.71	0.518	7.86	0.048
Total IT Staff
<10	248	ref	ref	ref	ref	ref	ref
≥ 10	318	8.34	0.007	1.21	0.653	5.56	0.297
		Dec. Support		Effectiveness		User Support
Teaching Status
Non-teaching	474	ref	ref	ref	ref	ref	ref
Teaching	141	4.21	0.017	4.03	0.075	8.84	0.002
Urban Safety Net Status
Non-safety net	535	ref	ref	ref	ref	ref	ref
Urban safety net	80	2.96	0.488	-6.71	0.206	2.58	0.341
Bedsize
<350	268	ref	ref	ref	ref	ref	ref
≥ 350	347	2.50	0.081	1.01	0.570	4.00	0.072
Ownership
Not-for-profit	347	ref	ref	ref	ref	ref	ref
Government	80	3.93	0.288	-0.13	0.971	-1.45	0.694
For-profit	170	-0.37	0.794	1.04	0.631	0.67	0.805
Average Age of Plant
< 10 years	367	ref	ref	ref	ref	ref	ref
≥ 10 years	248	-1.39	0.398	-0.45	0.791	-2.90	0.273
Total Margin
<0.02	236	ref	ref	ref	ref	ref	ref
≥ 0.02	379	0.77	0.624	2.62	0.167	1.42	0.572
IT Operating Expense
<$1 M	163	ref	ref	ref	ref	ref	ref
≥ $1 M	428	2.42	0.203	0.85	0.690	0.31	0.919
IT Capital Expense
<$75,000	193	ref	ref	ref	ref	ref	ref
≥ $75,000	313	2.46	0.069	-0.10	0.957	-1.62	0.540
Total IT Staff
<10	248	ref	ref	ref	ref	ref	ref
≥ 10	318	4.23	0.083	1.41	0.606	1.43	0.727

* The unadjusted and adjusted regression models were adjusted for percentage of complete responses and clustered by hospital. The adjusted models include coefficients adjusted for bed size, total margin, and ownership. ref-reference group.

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