title: A multitude of strains add up to one big headache. Feeling the pressure?
abstract: A multitude of strains--most beyond the control of health care executives--are converging to create major headaches for hospitals and systems. Skyrocketing insurance premiums, surging drug spending, Medicaid cuts, a staffing crisis and huge hikes in liability insurance rates contribute to the unprecedented confluence of pressures. And there's more.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haugh
mesh_terms: D016527:Drug Costs / Q000639:trends; D004469:Economics, Hospital / Q000639:trends*; D005249:Fees and Charges / Q000639:trends; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000639:trends*; D005544:Forecasting; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000639:trends*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000639:trends; D006280:Health Workforce / Q000639:trends; D007351:Insurance, Liability / Q000639:trends; D008484:Medicaid / Q000639:trends; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000639:trends; D018855:Single-Payer System; D012922:Social Change; D012940:Social Problems; D014481:United States