title: S&P: anatomy of four recent hospital bond defaults.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Johnsson
mesh_terms: D001509:Bed Occupancy / Q000639:trends; D002202:Capital Financing; D005376:Financial Management; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D007449:Investments; D014481:United States