of the exemption from income taxes is $4.6 billion; the median hospital receives benefits of 1.8 percent of total assets … varies across hospitals depending on state and local tax policies and the hospital asset mix. Tax-exempt bonds and deductible …. Almost half of existing bond debt could be replaced by using hospital endowments; we calculate an annual aggregate benefit of …

yields far more accurate estimates of hospital quality than previously available. We find that, on average, for …

available quality measures, and (2) apply this method to estimating the quality of hospital care for elderly patients with heart …

financial health affect different aspects of hospital operation. In our study, we analyze this issue focusing on hospital access … account both hospital's current and past financial health as well as their expected financial outlook (i.e., whether there is …

as important indicators of hospital quality. Concerns have been raised, however, as to whether post-discharge mortality … rates are reasonable measures of hospital quality as they consider the frequency of an event that occurs after a patient is … discharged and no longer under the watch and care of the hospital. Using a large dataset comprised of all hospital encounters of …

payment for skilled nursing facilities (SNF PPS) in geographic areas with high versus low levels of hospital/SNF integration …