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