Financial Performance Gaps Between Critical Access Hospitals and Other Acute Care Hospitals

Christopher Whaley; Marilyn Bartlett; Ge Bai

doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.3959

Financial Performance Gaps Between Critical Access Hospitals and Other Acute Care Hospitals

JAMA Health Forum. 2024 Dec 6;5(12):e243959. doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.3959.

Authors

Christopher Whaley¹, Marilyn Bartlett², Ge Bai^{3

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Services Policy and Practice, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island.
² National Academy for State Health Policy, Washington, DC.
³ Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁴ Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.

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Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study compares financial measures, including margins and commercial prices, between critical access hospitals and other acute care hospitals and examines how these comparisons vary by system affiliation.