Table 5 Staffing, workload, and financial compensation for health care ethics programs (HCEPs)
From: Health care ethics programs in U.S. Hospitals: results from a National Survey
Hospital category | Mean number | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Individuals who performed HCEP work in the last year (paid and unpaid) N = 269 | Workload (Person-hours/week) of individuals who performed HCEP work N = 251 | Individuals who received financial compensation specifically for HCEP work N = 228§ | Estimated FTEs (full-time equivalents) provided for HCEP work N = 188§ | |
Bed size | Â | Â | Â | Â |
1–99 (ref. category) | 6.6 | 5.6 | 0.1 | 0 |
100–199 | 10.0 | 19.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
200–299 | 15.2**** | 50.8 | 1.1 | 0.1 |
300–399 | 18.9**** | 39.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
400–499 | 15.5 | 76.3 | 1.3 | 0.7 |
500 +  | 20.8**** | 104.0**** | 2.1*** | 1.0**** |
Academic affiliation | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Major teaching | 19.3**** | 109.6**** | 2.1** | 1.0**** |
Minor teaching | 13.9**** | 29.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
Non-teaching (ref. category) | 7.9 | 17.3 | 0.5 | 0 |
Location | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Urban | 17.1**** | 41.8** | 0.9** | 0.2* |
Rural (ref. category) | 9.4 | 6.6 | 0.1 | 0 |
Total | 11.0 | 29.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 |