Financial Consequences of Rural Hospital Long-Term Care Strategies

Bruce Stuart, Mary Fennell, Rongjun Sun, Susan E. Campbell

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    Abstract

    Data for 540 rural hospitals from 1982 to 1997 were analyzed to determine whether adoption of long-term-care (LTC) strategies improved hospital financial performance. Adoption of external and internal LTC strategies (other than swing-beds) was generally, but not unambiguously, associated with higher profits, increased occupancy, and/or lower costs.

    Original languageAmerican English
    JournalHealth Care Management Review
    Volume31
    StatePublished - Jan 1 2006

    Disciplines

    • Medicine and Health
    • Rural Sociology
    • Sociology

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