Which hospital financial characteristics are associated with medical debt?: hospital profitability, the provision of charity care, and medical debt in hospital markets

Which hospital financial characteristics are associated with medical debt?: hospital profitability, the provision of charity care, and medical debt in hospital markets

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Author(s):
Gangopadhyaya, Anuj, author
Blavin, Fredric E., author
Braga, Breno, (Economist) author
Andre, Jennifer, author
Contributor(s):
Urban Institute, issuing body.
Publication:
Washington, DC : Urban Institute, September 2022
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Charities -- economics
Charities -- organization & administration
Health Equity -- economics
Health Expenditures -- statistics & numerical data
Health Policy
Economics, Hospital
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
Medical debt affects families’ financial health and well-being. People with medical debt are likely to forgo needed medical care and face an elevated risk of personal bankruptcy. In a recent brief, we explored which county characteristics were correlated with medical debt and found that an area’s underlying health and health insurance coverage were the most predictive factors of the county’s share of adults with medical debt in collections. In this fact sheet, we explore whether hospitals’ operating margins and charity care have any clear correlation with medical debt in collections at the hospital market level, defined by hospital referral regions (HRRs).
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 (4 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
9918591687006676 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918591687006676