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Methods| We used HSCRC hospital revenue and volume data from January 2018 through July 2020. We calculated total monthly hospital revenue and compared 2020 revenues with 2 counterfactuals:(1) revenues in 2018 and 2019 (dollar amounts adjusted for inflation) and (2) estimated revenues in 2020 under the assumption that prices were held at their February levels, rather than increased in response to COVID-19. To calculate estimated revenue, we applied February 2020 price levels to volumes observed in later months. Hospitals were excluded if monthly revenue was ever missing during follow-up (n= 16). Analysis was stratified by hospital characteristics: urban or rural county designation, 5 teaching status (yes or no), total hospital bed count, and percentage of Medicaid discharges (above or below median at baseline, defined using the 2018 American Hospital Survey). 6 Analysis was conducted using …