This Article Reprint (PDF) Submit a response to this article Alert me when this article is cited Alert me when Comments are posted Alert me if a correction is posted Services E-mail this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in ISI Web of Science Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to My Personal Archive Download to Citation Manager Reprints & Permissions Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via ISI Web of Science (22) Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Duffy, S. Q. Articles by Friedman, B. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Duffy, S. Q. Articles by Friedman, B. Related Collections Access To Care Hospitals

Health Affairs, Vol 12, Issue 2, 151-163
Copyright © 1993 by Project HOPE

DataWatch

Hospitals with chronic financial losses: what came next?

Hospitals with chronic losses might respond by closing, by drastically changing their services and patient mix, or by increasing efficiency. These possible responses are examined by studying a cohort of hospitals that were losing money between 1980 and 1984 as measured by their five-year average total revenue margins. These "negative-cohort" hospitals were followed through 1988 to see if they survived, and if they did, what changes they made. Only about 10 percent of hospitals in the negative cohort closed. The remainder did not alter their service mix or select in favor of easier, better-paying patients. However, there was a reduced rate of investment in new technologies.

                      What's this?

This article has been cited by other articles:

				G. J. Bazzoli, J. P. Clement, R. C. Lindrooth, H.-F. Chen, S. K. Aydede, B. I. Braun, and J. M. Loeb Hospital Financial Condition and Operational Decisions Related to the Quality of Hospital Care Med Care Res Rev, April 1, 2007; 64(2): 148 - 168. [Abstract] [PDF]

				G. J. Bazzoli, L. Dynan, L. R. Burns, and C. Yap Two Decades of Organizational Change in Health Care: What Have we Learned? Med Care Res Rev, September 1, 2004; 61(3): 247 - 331. [Abstract] [PDF]

				G. J. Bazzoli The Corporatization of American Hospitals Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law, August 1, 2004; 29(4-5): 885 - 906. [PDF]

				M. J. McCue Small Hospitals with Positive Cash Flow: Why are they Winners? Med Care Res Rev, March 1, 1997; 54(1): 32 - 60. [Abstract] [PDF]

				G. J. Bazzoli, D. Marx Jr., R. J. Arnould, and L. M. Manheim Federal Antitrust Merger Enforcement Standards: A Good Fit for the Hospital Industry? Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law, March 1, 1995; 20(1): 137 - 169. [Abstract] [PDF]