Table 3

Socio-demographic measures for physician owned and non physician owned specialty hospitals

CHARACTERISTIC
PHYISICAN OWNED (N = 29)
NON PHYSICIAN OWNED (N = 8)
P-VALUE

Median per-capita income ($), (sd)
26,900 (15,200)
35,300 (27,900)
.26
Percent of population on public assistance, (sd)
2.7 (2.8)
2.3 (1.9)
.66
Percent white, (sd)
70.1 (25.5)
76.8 (24.5)
.54
Percent black, (sd)
8.2 (12.8)
6.7 (10.3)
.76

Cram et al. BMC Health Services Research 2007 7:155   doi:10.1186/1472-6963-7-155