title: Health care benchmarking 2003.
abstract: The latest benchmarking data reveal both old trends and some surprises. Once again, hospitals in high managed care markets outperformed those in low managed care markets in profitability measures, such as total margin and return on equity. However, hospitals in areas with low managed care penetration had a lower percentage of bad-debt expense and significantly fewer days in accounts receivable and more days cash on hand.
authors.forename: Suzanna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hoppszallern
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006123:Group Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019981:Health Care Sector; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity; D017722:Hospital Charges / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017721:Hospital Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008484:Medicaid / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006278:Medicare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States