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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ergonomics. 2019 Apr 30;62(7):864–879. doi: 10.1080/00140139.2019.1603402

Table 1.

Description of 9 cases.

Hospital A B C
Hospital type Quaternary, teaching Community tertiary, teaching Quaternary, teaching
Location Rural Urban Urban
Service CC-M Hospitalist Cardiology CC-M CC-S Hospitalist CC-M CC-S Hospitalist
Number of beds 24 58 60 41 41 87 24 24 110
Average length of stay 3.5 days 5.3 days 3.4 days 4.3 days 6.5 days 4.8 days 6.1 days 8.2 days 5.1 days
Annual admissions 5,548 4,314 399 3,303 491 4,867 943 1,255 2,652
Nurse to patient ratio 1:2 1:5 1:3 1:2 1:2 1:5 1:2 1:2 1:4
EHR-based VTE risk assessment tool Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
EHR-based order set Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes