The Financial Performance of Rural Hospitals and Implications for Elimination of the Critical Access Hospital Program

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 140-149

  Holmes, George M ^a,b   Pink, George H ^a,b   Friedman, Sarah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical access hospitals; Financial performance; Health services research; Medicare; Rural

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MEDICARE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875808790     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2012.00425.x     Document Type: Article

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