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 …

This study demonstrates that some safety-net hospitals—those that provide a large share of
the care to low-income, uninsured, and Medicaid populations—survived and even thrived …

For generations, American hospitals have been considered recession‐proof, but there is
reason to believe the current economic crisis is an exception. Hospitals have shown …

Hospitals continue to face financial pressures from healthcare reform and heightened
competition. In this study, our objective was to quantify the financial distress in acute care …

This paper summarizes a Shattuck Hammond Partners study, released in late 2000, that
found marked erosion in California hospitals' financial health. The study examined the …

Objective To examine the effect of the recession on the financial performance of safety‐net
versus non‐safety‐net hospitals. Data Sources/Study Setting Agency for Healthcare …

Financial pressure mounted for hospitals nationwide during the late 1990s. Our study
examines how this affected the quality of their operations in terms of organizational …

Financial distress can have a detrimental influence on the performance of hospitals. Hospital
management needs to monitor potential financial distress effectively and know how it will …

BACKGROUND Hospitals that have robust financial performance may have improved
publicly reported outcomes. OBJECTIVES To assess the relationship between hospital …

Background: As safety net providers, public hospitals operate in more challenging
environments than private hospitals. Such environments put public hospitals at greater risk …