Table 1 Summary descriptive statistics of hospital characteristics at county level

Race/Ethnicity composition

Non-Hispanic White

19.2 (13.7)

34.5 (26)

80.4 (11.4)

49.5 (27)

47.3 (17)

76 (11.1)

83.2 (4.1)

88.3 (5.9)

73.6 (18)

Non-Hispanic Black

28.6 (6.9)

40.5 (27.8)

11.5 (9.4)

22.4 (20.3)

23.1 (13.4)

9.7 (6.5)

8.2 (2.6)

5.3 (3)

15.8 (15.5)

Hispanic

42.7 (15.9)

18.5 (15)

4.8 (1.6)

20.3 (12.3)

16.7 (8.3)

9.5 (4.3)

5.5 (1.2)

4.5 (3.1)

7.6 (5.6)

Asian/Pacific Islander, Alaskan Native/American Indian

6.1 (11)

3.3 (2.5)

2.2 (1)

6.4 (8.9)

9.6 (6.5)

3.2 (1.4)

2.4 (0.5)

1.2 (0.4)

2.1 (0.6)

Minorities

80.8 (13.7)

65.5 (26)

19.6 (11.4)

50.5 (27)

52.7 (17)

24 (11.1)

16.8 (4.1)

11.7 (5.9)

26.4 (18)

Hospital characteristics

Overall hospital ranking

1.3 (0.5)

1.4 (0.7)

2.4 (1.7)

3.3 (1.4)

1.7 (1.3)

1.5 (0.7)

2 (0)

2.9 (1.4)

2.4 (1.1)

ICU%

15.5 (7.6)

15 (4)

15.6 (11.2)

13 (8.4)

12.1 (4.1)

17.9 (0.3)

10.3 (14.5)

14.4 (4)

11.8 (4.9)

Total expenses ($) per hospital bed

990,736 (516,319)

1,003,784 (296,045)

916,764 (475,734)

1,884,923 (1,058,949)

935,901 (272,269)

906,971 (244,789)

647,691 (166,496)

899,542 (297,737)

746,995 (313,839)

Number of essential professional services

6.2 (1)

6.1 (0.9)

6.2 (0.9)

5.8 (2.1)

5.6 (1.1)

6 (0)

2.5 (0.7)

5.8 (1.1)

5.3 (2.3)

Number of essential diagnostic, treatment and imaging

6.2 (1.9)

7.2 (1.4)

7.5 (1.4)

6.8 (2.4)

6 (2.3)

7 (0)

2.5 (2.1)

6.4 (1.7)

5.2 (2.6)

Proportion of patients with dual Medicare Medicaid enrollment

74.6 (16.1)

69.5 (9.6)

24.3 (10.1)

47.8 (24.3)

60.8 (15.8)

42.9 (10)

23.1 (6)

20.9 (7.4)

27.5 (15.8)

Number of top safety net hospitals

6 (75%)

10 (71%)

1 (9%)

5 (33%)

4 (44%)

1 (50%)

1 (33%)

0 (0%)

4 (36%)

Number of non-federal government hospitals

3 (38%)

4 (29%)

1 (9%)

3 (20%)

2 (22%)

0 (0%)

1 (33%)

1 (9%)

1 (9%)

Number of non-profit hospitals

5 (63%)

10 (71%)

10 (91%)

12 (80%)

7 (78%)

2 (100%)

2 (67%)

10 (91%)

10 (91%)