February 2, 2024
Rural Health Research – A Comparison of 2017 – 2019 Uncompensated Care of Rural and Urban Hospitals by Net Patient Revenue, System Affiliation and Ownership
Researchers at the North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center use 2017 – 2019 Medicare Cost Report data to study the association of uncompensated care with:
- Net patient revenue
- System affiliation
- Ownership among Critical Access Hospitals
- Rural Prospective Payment System (PPS) hospitals
- Urban PPS hospitals