part of the financial bargaining between the two parties. Methods We use 2014-2020 hospital level data from the American … Hospital Association's annual survey and county- level MA penetration rates. We estimate the correlation between MA penetration … rates and Medicare and non-Medi- care inpatient days using multivariate regressions with hospital and year fixed effects. We …

-level data. Profitability was assessed through hospital-level net financial results excluding deficit-covering payments. All … cases were assigned uniquely to a medically homogeneous service group or area, as determined by Swiss hospital capacity … 2015 to 2022, overall hospital profitability margins declined continuously, with public hospitals consistently reporting …

sampling basis.Findings: The results of the study reveal that there is an association between the selection of hospital and … services and the cost of the services offered in the hospital and it is found that the cost of services incurred makes an … impact in the selection of hospital for medical treatment. The study also revealed that in private hospitals patients could …

of hospital. These studies use either objective quality indicators based on quantitative figures, or if subjective … reputation scores are used, scores based on the opinion of hospital market insiders. We contribute to the current debate by using … a subjective reputation score resorting to patient perceptions and examine its impact on the choice of hospital of …

Hospital prices are almost completely irrational. They bear no relationship to the cost of providing the services, they … are opaque, and the prices vary wildly among hospitals and payers. The craziness of hospital pricing was laid bare when … the federal government released data on hospital charges in May 2013. In response to public shock and outrage, hospitals …