Comprehensive Hospital Data from the American Hospital Association
Data provided by more than 6,200 hospitals and 400 health care systems
Featuring over 1,300 hospital data points gathered directly from the source
Historical data dates back all the way to 1946 and electronic data is available from 1980 forward
Key Insights You Can Extract from the American Hospital Association Annual Survey Database
- Utilization: admissions, births, surgeries, and ED visits
- Workforce and staffing
- Physician arrangements
- Service lines and facilities, now including emergency department beds
- Organizational structure and affiliations
- Alternative payment models
- Telehealth, remote care and digital patient engagement
- AI adoption and implementation
- Behavioral or social determinants of health services
Check out the AHA Annual Survey Questionnaire.
Reliable Hospital Data You Can Count On
- Direct from hospitals and health systems: AHA Annual Survey data is provided directly by hospitals and health systems across the country, giving users insight grounded in the organizations delivering care.
- More than 75 years of continuity: AHA's longstanding Annual Survey provides a consistent view of how U.S. hospitals and health systems have evolved over time.
- Broad participation across the hospital field: State and local hospital associations, Medicare and Medicaid centers and other national organizations help identify and reach hospitals to support broad participation in the AHA Annual Survey.
- Reviewed for quality and consistency: Survey responses are reviewed and validated to help ensure the data is accurate, reliable and useful for analysis.
See how AHA hospital data is collected and validated
Includes Data On Emerging Issues
Facility Data
- Hospitals with co-located rehabilitation and long-term acute care facilities
Service Offerings
- Stroke Care
- Neonatal Intensive Care level
- Telehealth services for stroke care, psychiatric treatment and substance use disorder treatment
- Hospitals that support volunteer community organizations
Digital & Remote Care Data
- Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM)
- Digital patient engagement: eVisits, eConsults and virtual check-ins
AI Implementation Reporting
- AI adoption in operational areas such as revenue cycle management, supply chain, staff scheduling, patient flow and operational efficiency
- Challenges hospitals face in implementing AI, including costs, training needs, data integration, regulatory concerns and more
Staffing Updates
- Contracted physician FTEs
- New specialty insights, including advanced practice providers by service line