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<strong>Health</strong> System Infrastructure<br />

Table 8.1. Medicaid and uninsured discharges and aggregate hospital costs, by facility characteristics,<br />

U.S. short-term acute hospitals, 2009<br />

Discharges % (Standard Error)<br />

Aggregate Costs % (Standard Error)<br />

Chapter 8<br />

All Hospitals<br />

26.4 (0.8) 20.3 (0.8)<br />

Bed Size a<br />

Small 22.5 (1.6) 16.8 (1.5)<br />

Medium 27.7 (1.4) 22.0 (1.7)<br />

Large 26.6 (1.1) 20.3 (1.0)<br />

Control<br />

Government 39.6 (3.3) 32.6 (3.7)<br />

Private nonprofit 23.3 (0.7) 17.9 (0.7)<br />

Private, investor owned 29.3 (1.6) 20.7 (1.4)<br />

Teaching Facility<br />

Yes 29.7 (1.6) 23.7 (1.5)<br />

No 23.5 (0.6) 16.3 (0.5)<br />

Region<br />

Northeast 26.2 (2.5) 20.8 (2.2)<br />

Midwest 21.0 (1.0) 15.7 (1.0)<br />

South 27.7 (1.2) 20.7 (1.4)<br />

West 30.5 (2.0) 23.7 (1.7)<br />

Location<br />

Metropolitan 26.5 (0.9) 20.5 (0.9)<br />

Nonmetropolitan 25.8 (0.6) 17.4 (0.4)<br />

a<br />

Bed size categories used in HCUPnet are based on hospital beds and are specific to the hospital’s location and teaching status. The<br />

definitions of small, medium, and large vary by region:<br />

Region Location and Teaching Status Hospital Bed Size<br />

Small Medium Large<br />

Northeast Rural 1-49 50-99 100+<br />

Urban, nonteaching 1-124 125-199 200+<br />

Urban, teaching 1-249 250-424 425+<br />

Midwest Rural 1-29 30-49 50+<br />

Urban, nonteaching 1-74 75-174 175+<br />

Urban, teaching 1-249 250-374 375+<br />

South Rural 1-39 40-74 75+<br />

Urban, nonteaching 1-99 100-199 200+<br />

Urban, teaching 1-249 250-449 450+<br />

West Rural 1-24 25-44 45+<br />

Urban, nonteaching 1-99 100-174 175+<br />

Urban, teaching 1-199 200-324 325+<br />

Source: Agency for <strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> Research and Quality, <strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> Cost and Utilization Project, HCUPnet, 2009. Available at<br />

http://hcupnet.ahrq.gov/.<br />

216 <strong>National</strong> <strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> <strong>Disparities</strong> <strong>Report</strong>, 2011

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