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The Impact of High Hospital Fixed-Cost Ratios on Rural Populations

Description
Explores how rurality relates to hospital cost structures as categorized by Urban Influence Codes (UICs). Describes the characteristics of hospitals at different fixed-to-total-cost ratio levels, the demographics associated with hospitals at different ratio levels, and the share of nonmetropolitan hospitals that have Critical Access Hospital (CAH) or Low-Volume Hospital (LVH) designations. Discusses how findings could be used to refine hospital payment policies.
Author(s)
Abigail Barker, Eliot Jost, Timothy McBride, Keith Mueller
Date
06/2025
Organization
RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Tagged as
Critical Access Hospitals · Healthcare business and finance · Hospitals · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data

Organizations (1)

  • RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis, view details