The American Hospital Association defines community hospitals as “all nonfederal, short-term general, and other special hospitals… including academic medical centers or other teaching hospitals if they are nonfederal short-term hospitals.” More than half of community hospitals in the following 33 states are nonprofit.
1. Vermont — 100 percent of hospitals are nonprofit
2. Maryland — 98 percent
3. North Dakota — 95 percent
4. Connecticut — 93.8 percent
5. Wisconsin — 93.7 percent
6. Rhode Island — 90.9 percent
7. Maine — 88.2 percent
8. New York — 85.9 percent
9. Delaware — 85.7 percent
9. New Hampshire — 85.7 percent
11. South Dakota — 84.9 percent
12. New Jersey — 78.7 percent
13. Montana — 78 percent
13. Oregon — 78 percent
15. Minnesota — 76.2 percent
16. Illinois — 76.1 percent
17. Michigan — 75.5 percent
18. Ohio — 75.4 percent
19. Massachusetts — 73.7 percent
20. Pennsylvania — 73.1 percent
21. District of Columbia — 72.7 percent
22. Kentucky — 71.8 percent
23. Virginia — 70.7 percent
24. Arkansas — 62.5 percent
24. Hawaii — 62.5 percent
26. Arizona — 62 percent
27. West Virginia — 61.1 percent
28. California — 59.4 percent
29. North Carolina — 59.3 percent
30. Nebraska — 56.8 percent
31. Indiana— 56.7 percent
32. Utah — 55.3 percent
33. Missouri — 53.7 percent
34. Alaska — 52.4 percent
KFF used data from the American Hospital Association Annual Survey. Data are for community hospitals, which represent 85 percent of all hospitals. Federal hospitals, long-term care hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, institutions for the mentally impaired and addiction rehab facilities are not included.
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