Table A6.

Comparison of Massachusetts Hospital Characteristics in the NIS HCUP and Casemix Datasets, AHA Data 2008

	Acute Care Hospitals (Casemix Dataset) [n=64]	NIS-HCUP Hospitals [n=15]
Hospital Characteristics
% Teaching hospitals	21.88	26.67
% Community hospitals	98.44	100.00
% Short-term hospitals	98.44	100.00
% Participant in a hospital network	33.33	35.71
% DSH hospitals	28.13	26.67
Hospital ownership
Government, Nonfederal: Hospital district or authority	1.56	6.67
% Nongovernment, not-for-profit: Church operated	7.81	0.00
% Nongovernment, not-for-profit: Other not-for- profit	84.38	86.67
% Investor-owned (for-profit): Corporation	6.25	6.67
% Government, federal: Veterans Affairs	0.00	0.00
Hospital Bed Size & Admissions
Average total hospital beds	229.78	252.80
% Hospitals in each bed size category
6–24 beds	4.69	0.00
25–49 beds	9.38	13.33
50–99 beds	14.06	20.00
100–199 beds	28.12	26.67
200–299 beds	15.62	0.00
300–399 beds	12.50	20.00
400–499 beds	4.69	6.67
500 or more beds	10.94	13.33
Average number of admissions	12,074.88	13,642.67
Average inpatient days	61,987.61	68,932.33
Average Medicare inpatient discharges	5,231.20	5,761.67
Average Medicaid inpatient discharges	2,088.06	2,522.60
Average number of mergency outpatient visits	46,983.44	51,384.67
Average number of total outpatient visits	304,308.50	327,945.30
Hospital Expenditures, Payment & Employment
Average payroll expenditures	125,000,000	137,000,000
Average total expenditures	314,000,000	357,000,000
% Net revenue paid on a capitated basis	0.67	0.33
% Net revenue paid on a shared risk basis	3.85	2.56
Average number of full-time physicians and dentists	87.86	134.87
Average number of part-time physicians and dentists	23.83	45.07