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. 1991 Fall;13(1):93–109.

Table 2. Selected characteristics of the basic and urban-profit samples, by State: 1985.

Case-mix systems
Facility-specific systems
Class-rate systems
Maryland Ohio West Virginia
Characteristic Colorado Florida Texas Utah
Basic sample
Number of facilities 15 23 13 23 20 22 19
Number of sample patients:
 All payers 380 600 332 630 520 576 470
 Medicaid 245 388 224 439 319 315 390
Ownership:
 Percent profit 87 87 85 83 80 73 95
 Number of profit 13 20 11 19 16 16 18
 Number of non-profit 2 3 2 4 4 6 1
Location:
 Percent urban 80 74 62 74 75 68 84
 Number of urban 12 17 8 17 15 15 16
 Number of rural 3 6 5 6 5 7 3
Average percent Medicaid1 64 65 65 67 61 66 64
Average bed size (number of beds) 123 101 89 119 122 104 89
Average percent occupancy rate 98 92 97 91 93 83 86
Urban-profit sample2
Number of facilities 12 16 7 15 13 13 15
Number of sample patients:
 All payers 306 411 181 421 340 348 369
 Medicaid 190 282 140 295 194 246 256
Average percent Medicaid1 62 68 71 82 57 67 67
Average bed size (number of beds) 128 99 99 135 131 115 87
Average percent occupancy rate 98 93 97 92 93 85 87
1

Percent Medicaid patient days in each facility, based on cost report data, averaged across the facility sample in each State.

2

The urban-profit sample is a subsample of the basic sample.