The American Hospital Association has just released its FY 2010 Annual Survey Database. A comprehensive source of information on hospital operations, the database can be used for hospital and health system analysis, market research and development, and strategic planning. It includes more than 1,000 fields of data on hospital utilization, staffing, services, expenses, and community involvement. New fields of data in FY 2010 are:
- Physicians with shared responsibility for risk
- Privileged physicians by relationship type
- Number of hospitalists and intensivists
- Advance practice registered nurses
- Rural Health Clinic facilities
- Staffing vacancies
- Supply expenses
To view the survey questionnaire, click here. For the complete file layout, click here. For more information about the database, call the AHA Resource Center at (312) 422-2050.
Posted by the American Hospital Association Resource Center, rc@aha.org, (312) 422-2050.
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