Title Information
Title
Financial Performance of Critical Access Hospital and Rural Hospitals Depends on System Affiliation
Type of Resource (primo)
technical_reports
Abstract
US hospitals are characterized by “haves” and “have-not” hospitals. As highlighted in previous research, this characterization extends to critical access hospitals (CAHs). Using hospital cost report data over the 2016 to 2022 period, CAHs that were affiliated with health systems had higher financial and operating margins than independent CAHs. We examine if these differences also exist for rural hospitals and in 2023. While many rural hospitals are CAHs, many rural hospitals exceed the 25 bed threshold CAHs are limited to.
Name
Name Part
Christopher Liu
Role
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Author
Name
Name Part
Christopher Whaley
Role
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Author
Origin Information
Date Created
2025
Subject (Local)
Topic
Critical Access Hospitals
Subject (Local)
Topic
Rural Hospitals
Genre
Policy Brief
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Identifier: DOI
10.26300/vtce-7v38