Demographic information of Kansas critical access hospitals’ leadership
| Measures | Personnel (N = 82) % (n) |
|---|---|
| Survey respondents’ job title | |
| Manager/administrator | 57 (47) |
| Director | 18 (15) |
| Supervisor | 9 (7) |
| Testing personnel | 1 (1) |
| Missing/not indicated | 15 (12) |
| Laboratory directors’ employment | |
| Contracted | 46 (38) |
| Employed by facility | 32 (26) |
| Missing/not indicated | 22 (18) |
| Laboratory directors’ education | |
| MLT/associate only | 7 (6) |
| MLS/bachelor only | 24 (20) |
| MLS and MLT | 4 (3) |
| MLS and other bachelor | 1 (1) |
| MLS and other graduate | 4 (3) |
| Bachelor other | 9 (7) |
| Graduate MD | 12 (10) |
| Graduate other | 13 (11) |
| Missing/not indicated | 26 (21) |
| Laboratory medical directors’ specialty | |
| Pathology | 65 (53) |
| Family medicine | 9 (7) |
| Missing/not indicated | 27 (22) |
| Laboratory medical directors’ employment | |
| Local | 22 (18) |
| Remote | 50 (41) |
| Missing/not indicated | 28 (23) |
Percentages may not add to total because of rounding. Abbreviations: MD, Doctor of Medicine; MLS, medical laboratory scientist; MLT, medical laboratory technician.