A Comparison of 2017-19 Uncompensated Care of Rural and Urban Hospitals by Net Patient Revenue, System Affiliation, and Ownership
The NC Rural Health Research Program’s brief, A Comparison of 2017-19 Uncompensated Care of Rural and Urban Hospitals by Net Patient Revenue, System Affiliation, and Ownership, extends our 2018 study of geographic variation in uncompensated care between rural and urban hospitals. In this study, we investigate the association of uncompensated care with net patient revenue, system affiliation, and ownership.