Leadership Characteristics of CEOs on Top Hospital Lists
| List Source | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leadership Characteristics | Becker (n = 101*) | Leapfrog (n = 150*) | Lown (n = 74+) | USNWR (n = 20) |
| Physician | ||||
| Physician | 38 (37.6) | 22 (14.7) | 15 (20.3) | 13 (65.0) |
| Non-physician | 63 (62.4) | 128 (85.3) | 59 (79.7) | 7 (35.0) |
| Primary Care Physician (PCP) | 7 (6.9) | 7 (4.7) | 3 (4.1) | 1 (5.0) |
| Non-PCP | 31 (30.7) | 15 (10.0) | 12 (16.2) | 12 (60.0) |
| Physician Gender | ||||
| Female Physician | 3 (3.0) | 4 (2.7) | 1 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) |
| Male Physician | 35 (34.7) | 18 (12.0) | 14 (18.9) | 13 (65.0) |
| Female PCP | 1 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) |
| Male PCP | 6 (5.9) | 7 (4.7) | 2 (2.7) | 1 (5.0) |
| Physician Specialty∧ | Becker (n = 38) | Leapfrog (n = 22) | Lown (n = 15) | USNWR (n = 13) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subspecialty Care | ||||
| Anesthesia | 5 (13.2) | 2 (9.1) | 1 (6.7) | 1 (7.7) |
| Emergency Med | 3 (7.9) | 3 (13.6) | 2 (13.3) | 1 (7.7) |
| General Surgery | 2 (5.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (6.7) | 0 (0.0) |
| Informatics | 1 (2.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Medical Subspecialty | 9 (23.7) | 2 (9.1) | 1 (6.7) | 5 (38.5) |
| OBGYN | 2 (5.3) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (20.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Ophthalmology | 0 (0.0) | 1 (4.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Pathology | 1 (2.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Pediatric Subspecialty | 2 (5.3) | 1 (4.5) | 1 (6.7) | 0 (0.0) |
| Psychiatry | 1 (2.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (7.7) |
| Radiology | 1 (2.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (7.7) |
| Surgical Subspecialty | 4 (10.5) | 4 (18.2) | 3 (20.0) | 3 (23.1) |
| Urology | 0 (0.0) | 2 (9.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Subtotal | 31 (81.6) | 15 (68.2) | 12 (80.0) | 12 (92.3) |
| Primary Care | ||||
| Family Medicine | 1 (2.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Internal Medicine | 5 (13.2) | 6 (27.3) | 3 (20.0) | 1 (7.7) |
| Pediatric Primary Care | 1 (2.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Preventive Medicine | 0 (0.0) | 1 (4.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Subtotal | 7 (18.4) | 7 (31.8) | 3 (20.0) | 1 (7.7) |
Notes. Due to the structure of each list, duplication of individual leaders was possible based on multiple site inclusion per list.
↵*Becker and Leapfrog both had one entity that used a co-leadership structure.
+One hospital was removed from the Lown list as it was not a service delivery organization.
∧Proportion calculations about physician specialty were isolated to the total number of physician leaders on each list.
Abbreviation: USNWR, US news and world reports.