The data is for community hospitals and collected by the AHA Annual Survey from the Health Forum, an affiliate of the American Hospital Association.
Here are the top 10 states with the largest percentage of all hospitals in the state being for-profit:
1. Texas: 53.2 percent
2. Nevada: 52.3 percent
3. Florida: 52.1 percent
4. New Mexico: 43.9 percent
5. Arizona: 43.4 percent
6. Louisiana: 41.8 percent
7. Tennessee: 39.1 percent
8. Oklahoma: 38.4 percent
9. South Carolina: 36.2 percent
10. Utah: 35.2 percent
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