title: State trends in hospital uncompensated care.
abstract: In recent years hospital uncompensated care has been declining in the seven states studied here: California, Florida, Washington, Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, and New York. We document these declines and compare trends in uncompensated care in safety-net and other hospitals between the early 1980s and the early to mid-1990s. We discuss state responses to deal with the declines in hospital uncompensated care and their likely impact on the observed trends.
authors.affiliation: Alpha Center, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Atkinson
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Helms
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Needleman
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D003237:Connecticut; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis / Q000639:trends; D004469:Economics, Hospital / Q000639:trends*; D005431:Florida; D005544:Forecasting; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D008396:Maryland; D008489:Medical Indigency / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D009515:New Jersey; D009518:New York; D017664:Uncompensated Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D014861:Washington