Multihospital system types: comparing costs and occupancy.
Religious multihospital systems have significantly higher occupancy rates than investor-owned and other nonprofit systems. Comparative data also show that structural autonomy in Catholic systems is associated with significantly lower costs per day.
D001509:Bed Occupancy; D002410:Catholicism; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000145:classification* / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D010067:Ownership; D014481:United States