title: Hospital borrowers finding it tougher to scale the wall on Wall Street.
abstract: More hospitals, many located in rural areas or battling tough competition, are getting the cold shoulder from tax-exempt bond investors, even though the facilities desperately need capital to advance their operations. Meanwhile, well-to-do systems and hospitals continue to reap the benefits of getting low-cost capital from the municipal bond market.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Nemes
mesh_terms: D002202:Capital Financing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000639:trends*; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary / Q000191:economics*; D007449:Investments / Q000639:trends*; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States