Contributing factors to personal protective equipment shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic

J Cohen, Y van der Meulen Rodgers - Preventive medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
This study investigates the forces that contributed to severe shortages in personal protective
equipment in the US during the COVID-19 crisis. Problems from a dysfunctional costing …

[HTML][HTML] For-profit hospitals out of business? Financial sustainability during the COVID-19 epidemic emergency response

FM Kruse, PPT Jeurissen - International Journal of Health Policy …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This perspective argues that for-profit hospitals will be heavily affected by epidemic crises,
including the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. Policy-makers should …

The Problem Of The Color Line: Spatial Access To Hospital Services For Minoritized Racial And Ethnic Groups: Study examines spatial access to hospital services for …

JM Eberth, P Hung, GA Benavidez, JC Probst… - Health …, 2022 - healthaffairs.org
Examining how spatial access to health care varies across geography is key to documenting
structural inequalities in the United States. In this article and the accompanying StoryMap …

Readmission rates and their impact on hospital financial performance: a study of Washington hospitals

S Upadhyay, AL Stephenson… - INQUIRY: The Journal of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
This longitudinal study examines whether readmission rates, made transparent through
Hospital Compare, affect hospital financial performance by examining 98 hospitals in the …

Higher hospital spending on occupational therapy is associated with lower readmission rates

AT Rogers, G Bai, RA Lavin… - Medical Care Research …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Hospital executives are under continual pressure to control spending and improve quality.
While prior studies have focused on the relationship between overall hospital spending and …

Analysis Suggests Government And Nonprofit Hospitals' Charity Care Is Not Aligned With Their Favorable Tax Treatment: Study examines government and nonprofit …

G Bai, H Zare, MD Eisenberg, D Polsky… - Health Affairs, 2021 - healthaffairs.org
The different tax treatment of government, nonprofit, and for-profit hospitals implies different
charity care obligations, with the greatest obligation for government hospitals and the least …

Factors associated with compliance to the hospital price transparency final rule: a national landscape study

JX Jiang, D Polsky, J Littlejohn, Y Wang, H Zare… - Journal of general …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract BACKGROUND The Hospital Price Transparency Final Rule, effective January 1,
2021, requires hospitals to post online a machine-readable file that includes payer-specific …

[BOOK][B] The sociology of health, healing, and illness

G Weiss, D Copelton - 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
With thorough coverage of inequality in health care access and practice across the field it
surveys, The Sociology of Health, Healing, and Illness is widely acclaimed by instructors as …

Changes in hospital income, use, and quality associated with private equity acquisition

JD Bruch, S Gondi, Z Song - JAMA Internal Medicine, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Rigorous evidence describing the relationship between private equity
acquisition and changes in hospital spending and quality is currently lacking. Objective To …

Access, quality, and financial performance of rural hospitals following health system affiliation

CE O'Hanlon, AM Kranz, M DeYoreo, A Mahmud… - Health …, 2019 - healthaffairs.org
More than 100 rural hospitals have closed since 2010. Some rural hospitals have affiliated
with health systems to improve their financial performance and potentially avoid closure, but …