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immediate release
HOSPITAL
CEO TURNOVER REMAINS STABLE
CHICAGO,
March 31, 2004—Hospital CEO turnover remained stable in 2003,
tracking 14 percent nationwide, the same as the rate recorded in 2002.
Turnover in 2001 was 15 percent.
"We are pleased that CEO turnover has not increased nationally, but we
still believe it is too high," says Thomas C. Dolan, Ph.D., FACHE, CAE,
president and chief executive officer of the American College of Healthcare
Executives. "Through a variety of efforts targeted at CEOs and trustees,
ACHE is working to reduce turnover every year," Dolan adds.
The
American College of Healthcare Executives first started tracking the rate
of CEO turnover in 1980. The reports are based on changes in an organization's
chief executive officer as reported to the American Hospital Association.
Annual
CEO Turnover Rates for Non-Federal, General Medical/Surgical, Short-Term
Hospitals
|
Calendar
Year
|
Qualifying
Hospitals
|
CEO
Turnover Rate*
|
|
1996
|
4,928
|
16%
|
|
1997
|
4,842
|
16%
|
|
1998
|
4,780
|
17%
|
|
1999
|
4,744
|
18%
|
|
2000
|
4,689
|
17%
|
|
2001
|
4,624
|
15%
|
|
2002
|
4,602
|
14%
|
|
2003
|
4,569
|
14%
|
*
To account for the interim and acting CEOs who are intentionally assigned to their posts for a short period, the data has been adjusted downward. Because these adjustments are based on a representative sample and therefore contain a margin of error, the annual percentage rates reported are rounded to the nearest whole number.
CONTACT:
Deborah A. Labb, (312) 424-9426
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