However, many states have hospital CEO turnover rates much greater than 17 percent. The following are the states with the highest hospital CEO turnover rates in 2012, including short-term, non-federal general medical and surgical hospitals:
1. Washington, D.C.: 43 percent
2. Rhode Island: 30 percent
3. Idaho: 29 percent
4. Arkansas: 28 percent
5. Arizona: 26 percent
6. Tennessee: 25 percent*
7. Nevada: 24 percent
8. North Carolina: 24 percent*
9. Florida: 24 percent*
10: North Dakota: 23 percent
11. Colorado: 23 percent
12: Oklahoma: 23 percent
13. Texas: 22 percent*
14. Montana: 22 percent
15: Louisiana: 22 percent
16. Puerto Rico: 20 percent
17. South Carolina: 19 percent
* These states had more than 23 turnovers; therefore, the rates were adjusted by the ACHE to account for interim and acting CEOs who were in their post for a short time.
ACHE’s data is based on CEO changes reported to the American Hospital Association.
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