title: Financial consequences of rural hospital long-term care strategies.
abstract: Data for 540 rural hospitals from 1982 to 1997 were analyzed to determine whether adoption of long-term-care (LTC) strategies improved hospital financial performance. Adoption of external and internal LTC strategies (other than swing-beds) was generally, but not unambiguously, associated with higher profits, increased occupancy, and/or lower costs.
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, USA.
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stuart
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fennell
authors.forename: Rongjun
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Susan E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Campbell
mesh_terms: D001508:Bed Conversion / Q000191:economics*; D001509:Bed Occupancy; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000191:economics*; D016344:Medicare Part A; D017059:Models, Econometric; D010934:Planning Techniques; D014481:United States