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Table 98. Hospitals, beds, and occupancy rates, by type of ownership and size of hospital: United States, selected years
1975–2012
[Data are based on reporting by a census of hospitals]
Type of ownership
and size of hospital 1975 1980 1990 2000 2005 2010 2011 2012
Hospitals
Number
All hospitals . ................. 7,156 6,965 6,649 5,810 5,756 5,754 5,724 5,723
Federal ................... 382 359 337 245 226 213 208 211
Nonfederal 1 ................ 6,774 6,606 6,312 5,565 5,530 5,541 5,516 5,512
Community 2 .............. 5,875 5,830 5,384 4,915 4,936 4,985 4,973 4,999
Nonprofit ............... 3,339 3,322 3,191 3,003 2,958 2,904 2,903 2,894
For profit ............... 775 730 749 749 868 1,013 1,025 1,068
State-local government ..... 1,761 1,778 1,444 1,163 1,110 1,068 1,045 1,037
6–24 beds .............. 299 259 226 288 370 424 445 462
25–49 beds ............. 1,155 1,029 935 910 1,032 1,167 1,177 1,192
50–99 beds ............. 1,481 1,462 1,263 1,055 1,001 970 955 954
100–199 beds ........... 1,363 1,370 1,306 1,236 1,129 1,029 1,005 1,012
200–299 beds ........... 678 715 739 656 619 585 582 570
300–399 beds ........... 378 412 408 341 368 352 353 348
400–499 beds ........... 230 266 222 182 173 185 184 189
500 beds or more ......... 291 317 285 247 244 273 272 272
Beds
All hospitals . ................. 1,465,828 1,364,516 1,213,327 983,628 946,997 941,995 924,333 920,829
Federal ...................
Nonfederal 1 ................
131,946
1,333,882
117,328
1,247,188
98,255
1,115,072
53,067
930,561
45,837
901,160
44,940
897,055
38,065
886,268
38,557
882,272
Community 2 .............. 941,844 988,387 927,360 823,560 802,311 804,943 797,403 800,566
Nonprofit ............... 658,195 692,459 656,755 582,988 561,106 555,768 547,804 545,287
For profit ............... 73,495 87,033 101,377 109,883 113,510 124,652 128,371 135,008
State-local government ..... 210,154 208,895 169,228 130,689 127,695 124,523 121,228 120,271
6–24 beds .............. 5,615 4,932 4,427 5,156 6,316 7,261 7,616 7,791
25–49 beds ............. 41,783 37,478 35,420 33,333 33,726 37,446 37,680 38,338
50–99 beds ............. 106,776 105,278 90,394 75,865 71,737 69,470 67,844 67,879
100–199 beds ........... 192,438 192,892 183,867 175,778 161,593 148,090 143,843 145,556
200–299 beds ........... 164,405 172,390 179,670 159,807 151,290 142,616 141,308 139,212
300–399 beds ........... 127,728 139,434 138,938 117,220 126,899 121,749 122,269 120,554
400–499 beds ........... 101,278 117,724 98,833 80,763 76,894 82,071 81,699 84,007
500 beds or more ......... 201,821 218,259 195,811 175,638 173,856 196,240 195,144 197,229
Occupancy rate 3
Percent
All hospitals . ................. 76.7 77.7 69.5 66.1 69.3 66.6 66.5 65.2
Federal ................... 80.7 80.1 72.9 68.2 66.0 65.3 69.1 63.5
Nonfederal 1 ................ 76.3 77.4 69.2 65.9 69.5 66.6 66.4 65.3
Community 2 .............. 75.0 75.2 66.8 63.9 67.3 64.5 64.3 63.4
Nonprofit ............... 77.5 78.2 69.3 65.5 69.1 66.2 66.0 64.9
For profit ............... 65.9 65.2 52.8 55.9 59.6 57.1 57.0 56.8
State-local government ..... 70.4 71.1 65.3 63.2 66.7 64.4 64.5 63.8
6–24 beds .............. 48.0 46.8 32.3 31.7 33.5 32.3 31.9 30.8
25–49 beds ............. 56.7 52.8 41.3 41.3 47.1 44.8 44.3 43.1
50–99 beds ............. 64.7 64.2 53.8 54.8 59.0 55.1 55.6 55.2
100–199 beds ........... 71.2 71.4 61.5 60.0 63.2 60.4 59.7 58.1
200–299 beds ........... 77.1 77.4 67.1 65.0 67.7 64.0 63.7 63.2
300–399 beds ........... 79.7 79.7 70.0 65.7 70.1 67.4 66.7 65.1
400–499 beds ........... 81.1 81.2 73.5 69.1 71.2 68.5 68.4 67.5
500 beds or more ......... 80.9 82.1 77.3 72.2 75.9 73.0 73.2 72.6
1 The category of nonfederal hospitals comprises psychiatric hospitals, tuberculosis and other respiratory diseases hospitals, and long-term and short-term general and
other special hospitals. See Appendix II, Hospital.
2 Community hospitals are nonfederal short-term general and special hospitals whose facilities and services are available to the public. The types of facilities included in
the community hospitals category have changed over time. See Appendix II, Hospital.
3 Estimated percentage of staffed beds that are occupied. Occupancy rate is calculated as the average daily census (from the American Hospital Association) divided by
the number of hospital beds. See Appendix II, Occupancy rate.
SOURCE: American Hospital Association (AHA) Annual Survey of Hospitals. Hospital Statistics, 1976, 1981, 1991–92, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2013, and 2014 editions.
Chicago, IL. (Reprinted from AHA Hospital Statistics by permission, Copyright 1976, 1981, 1991–92, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2013, and 2014 by Health Forum, LLC, an
American Hospital Association company.) See Appendix I, American Hospital Association (AHA) Annual Survey of Hospitals.
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