Hospital Financial Measures Database (HFMD)

The AHRQ Hospital Financial Measures Database (HFMD) contains measures that may be used to analyze and evaluate the overall financial health, efficiency, and effectiveness of hospitals. These measures may be used by hospitals, governing boards, policymakers, and policy analysts to compare hospital financial performance trends and peer group averages. AHRQ created HFMD as a resource to address existing measurement gaps in hospital financial information. 

Overview of HFMD

• HFMD contains performance measures that cover dimensions such as profitability, liquidity, and capital structure.
• HFMD contains hospital- and group-level measures.
• HFMD includes measures for short-term acute care hospitals across the United States for the years 2016-2019.
• Measures were derived from information in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Cost Report Public Use File (PUF).

Documentation

• AHRQ Hospital Financial Measures Database Methodology Report (PDF, 2 MB) 
• List of Financial Measures (PDF, 253 KB)
• Data Dictionary (PDF, 69 KB)

Data Files

HFMD data files are available for download below. The database is available in SAS, Stata, and CSV formats. 

• HFMD_2016_2019sas.zip (2 MB)
• HFMD_2016_2019stata.zip (1.8 MB)
• HFMD_2016_2019csv.zip (1.5 MB)

Email any questions about HFMD to DataInnovations@ahrq.hhs.gov.