Table 1 Descriptive Statistics of Hospital and County Characteristics, 2008–2017 (N = 44,128 hospital-year observations)
Total Sample | For-profit Only | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Hospital Characteristics | Frequency | % | Frequency | % |
Ownership | ||||
For-profit | 6948 | 15.75 | 6948 | 100 |
Nonprofit | 27,060 | 61.32 | ||
Public | 10,120 | 22.93 | ||
Number of Beds | ||||
0–49 | 12,488 | 28.30 | 1674 | 24.09 |
50–199 | 18,460 | 41.83 | 3685 | 53.04 |
200–399 | 8911 | 20.19 | 1312 | 18.88 |
> 400 | 4269 | 9.67 | 277 | 3.99 |
Closed | 169 | .38 | 62 | .89 |
Transit | 517 | 1.17 | 165 | 2.37 |
System Membership | 26,939 | 61.05 | 5260 | 75.71 |
Rural | 17,590 | 39.86 | 1810 | 26.05 |
Region | ||||
Northeast | 5740 | 13.01 | 207 | 2.98 |
Midwest | 13,193 | 29.90 | 705 | 10.15 |
West | 8793 | 19.93 | 1518 | 21.85 |
South | 16,402 | 37.17 | 4518 | 65.03 |
Year | ||||
2008 | 4430 | 10.04 | 712 | 10.25 |
2009 | 4430 | 10.04 | 712 | 10.25 |
2010 | 4430 | 10.04 | 712 | 10.25 |
2011 | 4448 | 10.08 | 718 | 10.33 |
2012 | 4441 | 10.06 | 706 | 10.16 |
2013 | 4445 | 10.07 | 704 | 10.13 |
2014 | 4454 | 10.09 | 724 | 10.42 |
2015 | 4215 | 9.55 | 654 | 9.41 |
2016 | 4429 | 10.04 | 657 | 9.46 |
2017 | 4406 | 9.98 | 649 | 9.34 |
County Characteristics | N | Mean (SD) | N | Mean (SD) |
Percent Reporting Poor/Fair Health | 44,128 | 16.41 (4.98) | 6948 | 18.29 (4.87) |
County Beds / 1000 Population | 44,128 | 5.58 (7.06) | 6948 | 4.86 (5.17) |