Table 2.

Financial performance of Black-serving and other US hospitals, 2016–2018

	Black-serving hospitals (n = 541)	Other hospitals (n= 4,969)	p-value for unadjusted difference in means	Adjusted difference in means*	p-value for adjusted difference in means
Reimbursement for patient care per adjusted patient day
Mean	$1,736	$2,213	.0001	-$283	<.001
Median [IQR]	$1,599 [$527−$2,225]	$1,972 [$1,200, $2,859]	NA	NA	NA
Total profit/surplus per adjusted patient day
Mean	-$17	$126	.0001	-$111	<.001
Median [IQR]	$8 [−$76, +$117]	$64 [−$19, +$233]	NA	NA	NA

Source: Authors’ analysis of CMS data

*Linear regression models adjusted for annual hospital discharges, teaching status, census region (Northeast, Midwest, South, West), urban location, ownership (non-profit, for-profit, government) and Medicare Case Mix Index

IQR inter-quartile range