COMMUNITY HOSPITALS BY BED SIZE

Based on statistics published in the 2020 Edition of the American Hospital Association Hospital Statistics, eighty-four percent of the community hospitals in Kansas have fewer than 100 staffed beds. Comparably, the midwest* region (76 percent) and the nation (56 percent) have a smaller proportion of hospitals within this category.

A majority of hospitals in Kansas and the midwest are located in rural areas, 68 percent and 63 percent respectively. Meanwhile, 35 percent of the hospitals nationally are located in a rural setting.

The expense per capita is lower in Kansas $3,140, as compared to $3,626, in the West North Central Census Division VI* and $3,088 in the nation. Community hospitals include institutions that are nonfederal, short-term and general, as well as other specialty hospitals whose facilities are open to the public. Not included in the community hospital category are hospital units of institutions, long-term care hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, federal hospitals, and alcoholism and chemical dependency facilities.

*West North Central Census Division VI statistics includes data
from Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota
and South Dakota.

Source: American Hospital Association, Hospital Statistics 2020.