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Table 1 General characteristics of the study hospitals regarding PHR adoption

From: Factors of quality of care and their association with smartphone based PHR adoption in South Korean hospitals

Variables

Status of PHR adoption

p-value

No PHR adoption

(N = 210)

PHR adoption

(N = 103)****

Total

(N = 313)

%

100.0

100.0

100.0

–

Ownership (%)

0.7012

 Private

81.4

79.6

80.8

 

 Public

18.6

20.4

19.2

Location (%)

0.0004

 Mega-metropolitan cities

39.1

60.2

46.0

 

 The others

60.9

39.8

54.0

Tertiary hospitals (%)

 < 0.0001

 Yes

4.8

32.0

13.7

 

 No

95.2

68.0

86.3

Years of operation (std.*)

26.5 (12.4)

29.8 (15.5)

27.6 (13.5)

0.0603

Number of beds (std.)

326.8 (187.2)

641.9 (427.2)

430.4 (324.2)

 < 0.0001

Nurse-patient ratio (std)**

4.3 (1.9)

2.5 (1.7)

3.7 (2.0)

 < 0.0001

Number of HIM staff (std.)

4.9 (5.1)

14.2 (12.6)

7.9 (9.4)

 < 0.0001

Number of CTs (std)

2.1 (1.5)

4.7 (3.4)

3.0 (2.6)

 < 0.0001

Number of MRIs (std)

1.5 (0.8)

2.7 (2.3)

1.9 (1.6)

 < 0.0001

  1. *std: Standard deviation, **Seven grades based on nurse-patient ratios (see text), ***Unit: 10 thousand, ****3 cases were only iPhone operating systems