Top 10 States With Highest Percentages of For-Profit Hospitals

Florida had the highest percentage of for-profit hospitals in 2010, with 49.5 percent of its hospitals being for-profit organizations, 37.6 percent of them being nonprofit organizations and 12.9 percent being owned by the state government, according to State Health Facts, a project of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.

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In 2010, there were a total of 1,013 for-profit hospitals in the United States.

 

The top ten states with the highest percentages of for-profit hospitals, in 2010, were:

 

1. Florida — 49.5 percent
2. Nevada — 47.2 percent
3. Tennessee — 43.3 percent
4. Alabama — 39 percent
5. New Mexico — 38.9 percent
6. South Carolina — 38.8 percent
7. Texas — 38.7 percent
8. Utah     — 34.1 percent
9. Arkansas — 30.6 percent
10. Louisiana — 30.2 percent

 

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