Rural Health Research – A Comparison of 2017 – 2019 Uncompensated Care of Rural and Urban Hospitals by Net Patient Revenue, System Affiliation and Ownership

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

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