Research Note: Relative Profitability of Acute Care Hospital Services

Posted: 26 Jul 2007

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Jill R. Horwitz

UCLA School of Law; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Abstract

"This research note categorizes medical services provided by acute care hospital according to their relative profitability (i.e., relatively profitable, relatively unprofitable, or variably profitable). The categorization is based on interviews with relevant experts as well as reviews of published research, policy reports, trade journals, and popular press. The different methods of characterizing services yield similar results."

*Supplement to "Making Profits and Providing Care: Comparing Nonprofit, For-Profit and Government Hospitals"

Keywords: acute care

Suggested Citation

Horwitz, Jill R., Research Note: Relative Profitability of Acute Care Hospital Services. Health Affairs, Vol. 24, No. 3, 2005, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1002700

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