Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Rural Hospitals
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Description
Explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural hospital financial performance. Presents data on profitability and patient care margin trends from 2017 to 2022. Describes characteristics of rural hospitals in three categories of patient care margins: those that always had negative margins, always had positive margins, and those with mixed margins. Discusses the impact of COVID-19 relief funding on total hospital margins.
Author(s)
Saleema A. Karim, Nathan W. Carroll, Paula H. Song, Adam Atherly
Date
04/2024
Type
Document
Organizations
American Hospital Association, Department of Health Administration at the Virginia Commonwealth University College of Health Professions
Tagged as
COVID-19 · Emergency preparedness and response · Funding · Healthcare business and finance · Hospitals