S&P: anatomy of four recent hospital bond defaults.
Some starting similarities lie behind the recent defaults on $122 million in bonds by four hospitals that were rated by Standard & Poor's (S&P). These hospitals vary widely in terms of bed size and geographic location. However, S&P officials were interested to learn what traits these hospitals shared and analyzed their performance indicators and operations over the past decade.
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