Uncompensated Care Burden May Mean Financial Vulnerability for Rural Hospitals in States That Did Not Expand Medicaid

Date
10/2015
Journal
Health Affairs
Description

Explores the differences of rural hospitals in states with Medicaid expansion and those with nonexpansion, in terms of the amount of uncompensated care they provided and their profitability and market characteristics in 2013.

Center
North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
Authors
Kristin Reiter, Marissa Noles, George Pink