title: An empirical comparison of rural and urban safety-net hospitals.
abstract: This study compares the characteristics of rural hospitals with urban safety-net hospitals and with "other urban hospitals" (non-teaching, non-safety-net urban hospitals that provide mainstream care in the United States). The objective is to examine if there are similarities between rural and urban safety-net hospitals, both of which serve underserved populations. The authors also wish to study if there are areas in which rural and urban safety-net hospitals are closer together compared to "other" urban hospitals. Based on the results, some potential areas of cooperation between rural and urban safety-net hospitals are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Saint Louis University, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gautam
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Barrington
mesh_terms: D000573:American Hospital Association; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006786:Hospitals, Urban / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D008489:Medical Indigency; D009935:Organizational Affiliation; D011203:Poverty; D014481:United States