Geographic Variation in the Profitability of Critical Access Hospitals

The NC Rural Health Research Program’s Findings Brief, Geographic Variation in the Profitability of Critical Access Hospitals, examines how the profitability of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) varies greatly across states and U.S. Census divisions. The decertification of CAHs and the loss of cost-based reimbursement are likely to reduce hospital profitability, with some states and regions… Read more »

Profitability in Rural Hospitals

The North Carolina Rural Health Research Program recently released Profitability in Rural Hospitals, authored by George H. Pink, PhD; Victoria Freeman, RN, DrPH; Randy Randolph, MRP; and G. Mark Holmes, PhD. This new findings brief compares the profitability between 2010 and 2012 for urban and rural hospitals paid under the Medicare Prospective Payment System (PPS),… Read more »

GME in the United States: A Review of State Initiatives

The debate on how best to reform and fund Graduate Medical Education (GME) is moving up the health policy agenda. Most of the proposals are coming from national organizations offering national solutions. Often absent from the discussion is the important role states play in reforming GME. The Program on Health Workforce Research and Policy, part… Read more »

FY2011 North Carolina Hospital Discharge Data Now Available

FY2011 North Carolina Hospital Discharge Data are now available for use by academic researchers.  Please click here to visit our webpages for more information.  Inpatient, Ambulatory Surgery and Emergency Department databases are available. The NC Hospital Discharge Data are not public information, but a searchable public version of the NC data is available through HCUP.net . … Read more »