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Table 11. NIS 19-State Sampling Frame and AHA Universe Comparisons, 1995

Admissions / Discharges / Expenses Universe Mean Frame Weighted Mean Universe Median Frame Weighted Median
Hospital Admissions 5852.29 6946.03 3250.00 4448.00
Hospital Discharges 5852.29 6946.03 3250.00 4448.00
Hospital Discharges1 6644.03 7887.94 3657.00 4986.00
Hospital Beds 151.73 175.47 96.00 122.0
Hospital Average Length of Stay 6.24 5.93 5.06 5.13
Hospital Occupancy 0.50 0.54 0.51 0.55
Total Hospital Expenses (in dollars) 54,145,873 66,091,226 24,687,389 34,682,636
Hospital Expenses per Bed (in dollars) 298,128 336,030 272,915 309,801
Total Hospital Payroll (in dollars) 23,418,937 28,558,285 10,322,839 15,011,000
Hospital Payroll per Bed (in dollars) 126,631 142,412 115,515 129,805
Percent Medicare Days 53.39 52.84 53.78 53.26
Percent Medicare Discharges 45.03 44.31 45.11 44.17
Percent Medicare Discharges1 40.71 40.04 40.17 39.57
Percent Medicaid Days 14.16 13.41 11.98 11.25
Percent Medicaid Discharges 15.94 14.95 14.67 13.72
Percent Medicaid Discharges1 14.13 13.18 13.02 12.19
FTE2 711.76 845.62 363.50 469.50
FTE2/Bed 4.26 4.54 3.98 4.20

Note: Significance tests were not performed because these are not sample statistics.

1 Adjusted for well newborns.
2 Full-time equivalents.

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