Every year, America’s Essential Hospitals administers our Characteristics Survey to assess the landscape of our members and the challenges they face. This survey plays a crucial role in the association’s advocacy and policy work by providing updated, accurate information on the characteristics of our member hospitals and health systems. We also use data from this survey in the annual Essential Data report.
This year’s survey will include questions regarding inpatient and outpatient payer mix, hospital financial characteristics, and ambulatory care characteristics for the Fiscal Year ending in 2023. We have streamlined this year’s survey by removing duplicative questions, and by simplifying financial characteristics questions.
Thank you for your continued participation in the survey. We appreciate the contributions by you and your staff toward our advocacy efforts on behalf of you and all our members.
Please submit your survey by June 12, 2025
Questions?
Please contact survey@essentialhospitals.org.
Resources
- To access a PDF copy of this year’s survey, please click here. We recommend documenting your responses prior to responding in the survey platform.
- For more details and information on navigating the survey platform and Frequently Asked Questions, please visit this guidance document.