2012-14 Profitability of Urban and Rural Hospitals by Medicare Payment Classification
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Description
Compares the total margin and operating margin of rural and
urban hospitals using 2012-2014 profitability data.
Analysis divides rural hospitals by the size of the
prospective payment system and by the Medicare payment
classification – Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Medicare
dependent hospitals, sole community hospitals, and rural
referral centers.
Author(s)
Sharita R. Thomas, G. Mark Holmes, George H. Pink
Date
03/2016
Organization
North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
Tagged as
Critical Access Hospitals
· Healthcare business and finance
· Hospitals
· Reimbursement and payment models
· Rural-urban differences
· Sole Community Hospitals