Do hospital-based rural health clinics improve the performance of the parent hospital?
This study shows that establishing an RHC may lead to beneficial impacts for the parent hospital, and that these benefits have been experienced by categories of hospitals that are now subject to the new limit on RHC reimbursement legislated by the Balanced Budget Act.
Schoenman
J A
JA
Cheng
C M
CM
Evans
W N
WN
Blanchfield
B B
BB
Mueller
C D
CD
D001509:Bed Occupancy / Q000191:economics; D002017:Budgets / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004469:Economics, Hospital; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D008484:Medicaid / Q000191:economics; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital / Q000191:economics; D011786:Quality Control; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States