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Table 3 Socio-demographic measures for physician owned and non physician owned specialty hospitals

From: Hospital characteristics and patient populations served by physician owned and non physician owned orthopedic 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