Friday, 15 August 2008

Actions Taken By Safety-Net Hospitals To Remain Financially Viable Could Compromise Not-For-Profit Mission, Study Says


Steps taken by safety net hospitals to attract insured person patients to offset the costs of providing no-cost care to the poverty-stricken could compromise a hospital's mission, according to a study published online on Tuesday in the journal Health Affairs, the Seattle Times reports. The cogitation was conducted by the Center for Studying Health System Change and funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Ostrom, Seattle Times, 8/12). Researchers used data from the Community Tracking Study, which tracked health