Purpose Since 2010, the rate of rural hospital closures has increased significantly. This
study is a preliminary look at recent closures and a formative step in research to understand …

Pay-for-performance programs aim to upgrade health care quality by tailoring financial
incentives for desirable behaviors. While Medicare and many private insurers are charging …

Background: Improving the quality of hospital care is an important policy objective. Hospitals
operate under pressure to contain costs and might face challenges related to financial …

Background Hospitals under financial pressure may struggle to maintain quality and patient
safety and have worse patient outcomes relative to well-resourced hospitals. Poor predictive …

Background Pay for performance has become a central strategy in the drive to improve
health care. We assessed the long-term effect of the Medicare Premier Hospital Quality …

More than 100 rural hospitals have closed since 2010. Some rural hospitals have affiliated
with health systems to improve their financial performance and potentially avoid closure, but …

Purpose Annual rates of rural hospital closure have been increasing since 2010, and
hospitals that close have poor financial performance relative to those that remain open. This …

Importance Rigorous evidence describing the relationship between private equity
acquisition and changes in hospital spending and quality is currently lacking. Objective To …

Importance Despite the lack of efficacy data, robotic-assisted surgery has diffused rapidly
into practice. Marketing to physicians, hospitals, and patients has been widespread, but how …

The recent recession had a profound effect on all sectors of the US economy, including
health care. We examined how private hospitals fared through the recession and considered …