July 15, 2025
The Impact of High Hospital Fixed-Cost Ratios on Rural Populations
This brief from the RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis describes the regional variation in Critical Access Hospital (CAH) and Low-Volume Hospital (LVH) status with respect to average fixed-to-total-cost ratios, finding that CAHs tend to have the highest ratios, followed by LVHs. However, the average ratio for each status differs regionally across the United States.
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