Hospital conversions, margins, and the provision of uncompensated care

Two of the most important transitions in the health care delivery system during the 1990s were ownership consolidation and the rising importance of for-profit systems. Both trends have raised concerns from patients, providers, and analysts, including concerns about the impact of hospital conversions...

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Published in:Health affairs (Millwood, Va.) Va.), 2000-11, Vol.19 (6), p.187-194
Main Authors: Thorpe, K E, Florence, C S, Seiber, E E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Charities
Conversion
Costs
Debt
Dependent variables
Empirical analysis
Financial performance
Health care
Health care delivery
Health Facility Planning - economics
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
HMOs
Hospital Restructuring - economics
Hospitals
Hospitals, Proprietary - economics
Hospitals, Proprietary - statistics & numerical data
Hospitals, Public - economics
Hospitals, Public - statistics & numerical data
Hospitals, Voluntary - economics
Hospitals, Voluntary - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Indigent care
Medicaid
Medicare
Models, Economic
Nonprofit hospitals
Nonprofit organizations
Ownership - economics
Patients
Profits
Regression Analysis
Research methodology
Revenue
Statistical analysis
Stockholders
Studies
Trends
Uncompensated Care - statistics & numerical data
Uninsured people
United States
Values
Variables
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Summary:Two of the most important transitions in the health care delivery system during the 1990s were ownership consolidation and the rising importance of for-profit systems. Both trends have raised concerns from patients, providers, and analysts, including concerns about the impact of hospital conversions in general, and for-profit conversions in particular, on provision of care to the uninsured. A study reveals several key changes in health care financing associated with hospitals' conversions. Of particular note is the reduction in uncompensated care associated with the conversion of not-for-profit hospitals to for-profit status - a result not found in prior studies.
ISSN:0278-2715
1544-5208
DOI:10.1377/hlthaff.19.6.187