Trends in Hospital Deductions from Revenue Increases in Uncompensated Care and Payment Adjustments

The 1980s produced tighter restrictions on Medicaid eligibility, greater reluctance among insurers to cover small groups, and increased price competition, resulting in a larger percentage of unreimbursed charges. Here the authors use financial data from a cross-section of California hospitals to exp...

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Published inHospital topics Vol. 69; no. 1; pp. 19 - 26
Main Authors Seidman, Robert L., Pollack, Susan B.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Taylor & Francis Group 01.01.1991
Subjects
Accounts Payable and Receivable
California
Charities - statistics & numerical data
Contract Services - economics
Data Collection
Financial Management, Hospital - trends
Health administration
Hospitals, Teaching - economics
Income - statistics & numerical data
Insurance, Health, Reimbursement - economics
Medical Indigency - statistics & numerical data
Ownership - economics
California
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Summary:The 1980s produced tighter restrictions on Medicaid eligibility, greater reluctance among insurers to cover small groups, and increased price competition, resulting in a larger percentage of unreimbursed charges. Here the authors use financial data from a cross-section of California hospitals to explore the extent and variation of such deductions from revenue.
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ISSN:0018-5868
1939-9278
DOI:10.1080/00185868.1991.9948450