The Kaiser Family Foundation draws its data from the 2020 AHA Annual Survey of Hospitals. The American Hospital Association defines community hospitals as “all nonfederal, short-term general, and specialty hospitals whose facilities and services are available to the public.”
Nearly a quarter — 24 percent — of community hospitals in the U.S. were classified as for-profit in 2020, while more than 57 percent were nonprofit and nearly 19 percent were controlled by state, county or city governments.
Here are the states with the most for-profit hospitals as of 2020, the latest year for which data is available:
1. Texas — 271 for-profit hospitals (51.8 percent of community hospitals in the state)
2. Florida — 103 for-profit hospitals (48.1 percent of community hospitals in the state)
3. California — 81 for-profit hospitals (22.9 percent of community hospitals in the state)
4. Louisiana — 64 for-profit hospitals (40.3 percent of community hospitals in the state)
5. Oklahoma — 49 for-profit hospitals (40.2 percent of community hospitals in the state)
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