About this Dataset

Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Eligibility For State Fiscal Years 2010-2024

The data contains a list of hospitals in California that meet the Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) eligibility criteria. DSH is a special program which is aimed at making up the short-fall for hospitals when care is provided to an uninsured or underinsured patient and to Medi-Cal beneficiaries. A hospital which provides a certain amount of uncompensated care is designated as a disproportionate share hospital.
Organization: State of California
Last updated: 2025-07-23T21:27:31.347884
Tags: california-department-of-health-care-services, dhcs, disproportionate, dsh, dsh-eligibility, hospital

Tables

Table 1

@usgov.ca_gov_disproportionate_share_hospital_dsh_eligibility_f989c356.table_1

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2,266 rows
9 columns

CREATE TABLE table_1 (
  "hcai_id" BIGINT,
  "state_fiscal_year" VARCHAR,
  "hospital_name" VARCHAR,
  "hospital_type" VARCHAR,
  "medicaid_utilization_rates_mur" DOUBLE  -- MEDICAID UTILIZATION RATES (MUR),
  "low_income_percentages_liur" DOUBLE  -- LOW INCOME PERCENTAGES (LIUR),
  "mur_cutoff" DOUBLE,
  "mean_of_mur" DOUBLE,
  "standard_deviation_of_mur" DOUBLE
);

Table 2

@usgov.ca_gov_disproportionate_share_hospital_dsh_eligibility_f989c356.table_2

4.51 kB
9 rows
4 columns

CREATE TABLE table_2 (
  "column" VARCHAR,
  "type" VARCHAR,
  "label" VARCHAR,
  "description" VARCHAR
);