title: Hospital financial performance trends to watch.
abstract: Hospitals may wish to compare their performance with that of their peers to identify areas for possible improvement. Comparing financial indicators over five years shows directional trends and the influence of environmental factors such as regulatory change. For-profit hospitals appear to outperform their not-for-profit counterparts. Rural hospitals generally exhibit better financial performance than urban hospitals. Nonteaching hospitals show more desirable operating margins than teaching hospitals.
authors.affiliation: Cost Report Data Resources, LLC, Louisville, KY, USA. tschuhmann@costreportdata.com
authors.forename: Thomas M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Schuhmann
mesh_terms: D004469:Economics, Hospital / Q000639:trends*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000191:economics*; D006780:Hospitals, Rural; D006786:Hospitals, Urban; D006278:Medicare; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D014481:United States