Safety net hospitals in the Covid-19 crisis: how five hospitals have fared financially
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Author(s):
- Coughlin, Teresa A., author Ramos, Christal, author Samuel-Jakubos, Haley, author
- Contributor(s):
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, issuing body. Urban Institute, issuing body.
- Publication:
- [Washington, DC] : Urban Institute, December 2020
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Financial Management, Hospital Hospital Costs Safety-net Providers COVID-19 United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- America’s hospitals have been on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused financial havoc in the industry. Safety net hospitals disproportionately care for those with low incomes and communities of color, the very groups hardest hit by the pandemic. Those hospitals typically treat a larger share of Medicaid and uninsured patients than other hospitals and thus often operate on thinner financial margins, making them especially vulnerable to the financial and other stresses caused by the pandemic. In this brief, we describe how the pandemic has financially affected five safety net hospitals as of the summer of 2020, including the costs of preparing for and operating during the pandemic, the pandemic’s impact on their revenues, the federal financial relief they have received, and implications for policy and practice.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-DC license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (13 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918266200106676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918266200106676