Guides and Reports
American Hospital Association guides and reports for members and the health care field.
The economy is taking its toll on the patients and communities hospitals serve. For the majority of hospitals: The proportion of emergency department patients without insurance is increasing. A higher proportion of patients are unable to pay for care and many hospitals are seeing more patients…
Data from the 2008 AHA Annual Survey – which would have only picked up the very beginnings of the economic crisis – show a marked deterioration in the financial health of hospitals. Data from subsequent AHA surveys in 2009 indicate challenges continue.
Geographic Variation
Throughout discussions under the Health for Life: Better Health, Better Health Care initiative, a clear sense of direction emerged in support of meaningful health care reform that expands coverage, improves the quality of care and care coordination, promotes wellness and preventive care, rewards…
Report: Economic Analysis of Healthcare Cost Studies Commissioned by Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Feb. 25, 2009
Chartpack: Teaching hospitals train future health care professionals, conduct medical research and fulfill a distinct and vital role in delivering patient care.
Six out of ten hospitals nationally are seeing a greater proportion of patients without insurance coming through their emergency departments and nearly half have reduced staff according to a March 2009 survey of hospitals.
The IRS released a final report on its 2006 survey of not-for-profit hospitals, which found the nearly 500 hospitals surveyed dedicated an average of 9% of total revenues to community benefit. The survey also examined executive compensation practices.