To provide you with the most comprehensive and accurate data possible, we have merged the data when appropriate. Following are the definitions of all four data sources. AHA Annual Survey of Hospitals. Each year the American Hospital Association and Health Forum survey all the hospitals in the U.S., collecting more than 600 pieces of information on more than 6,000 hospitals.
Hospitals report data for a complete fiscal year.
Data is estimated for non-reporting hospitals and incomplete responses based on their most recent information, computed from statistical models, or derived from data supplied by similar hospitals. Click here to download a complete list of fields from the AHA Annual Survey Database. These lists include healthcare executives around the nation with over 60 different titles including CEO, CFO, and Chief Purchasing Officer. The data is current as of April 2001 . Click here for a count of subscribers by title.