Table 3 Target audiences to which health care ethics programs have responsibility for providing ongoing ethics education (N = 278)
From: Health care ethics programs in U.S. Hospitals: results from a National Survey
Hospital category | Population estimate (% of hospitals) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All staff | Leadership/ manage-ment | Staff physicians | Medical residents | Nurses | Non-clinical staff | Community/general public | |
Bed size | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
1–99 (ref. category) | 88.2 | 47 .1 | 41.2 | .00 | 58.8 | 35.3 | 11.8 |
100–199 | 61.5 | 46.2 | 59.0 | 28.2** | 61.5 | 51.3 | 25.6 |
200–299 | 74.5 | 33.3 | 39.2 | 25.5** | 54.9 | 29.4 | 11.8 |
300–399 | 66.7 | 40.0 | 53.3 | 40.0** | 55.6 | 42.2 | 28.9 |
400–499 | 83.9 | 61.3 | 71.0 | 54.8** | 77.4 | 48.4 | 25.8 |
500 +  | 67.4 | 35.8 | 65.3 | 62.1** | 64.2 | 48.4 | 31.6 |
Academic affiliation | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Major teaching | 67.2 | 35.1 | 67.7** | 70.9** | 73.3 | 53.7 | 28.2 |
Minor teaching | 71.2 | 52.3 | 64.9** | 31.7** | 70.8 | 45.9 | 16.5 |
Non-teaching (ref. category) | 82.3 | 39.9 | 35.5 | 5.3 | 50.5 | 34.3 | 18.3 |
Location | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Urban | 70.1 | 40.9 | 58.3* | 45.3** | 62.6 | 43.7 | 24.4 |
Rural (ref. category) | 79.2 | 41.7 | 41.7 | 12.5 | 54.2 | 41.7 | 29.2 |
Total | 77.0 | 44.2 | 49.0 | 20.3 | 59.9 | 40.2 | 18.4 |