Citation

McCue MJ, Thompson JM. Hosp. Top. 2012; 90(4): 91-97.

Affiliation

Department of Health Administration , Virginia Commonwealth University Medical College of Virginia in Richmond , Virginia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/00185868.2012.721709

PMID

23216262

Abstract

In recent years, community hospitals have experienced heightened regulation with many unfunded mandates. The authors assessed the market, organizational, operational, and financial characteristics of general acute care hospitals in California that have a main acute care hospital building that is noncompliant with state requirements and at risk of major structural collapse from earthquakes. Using California hospital data from 2007 to 2009, and employing logistic regression analysis, the authors found that hospitals having buildings that are at the highest risk of collapse are located in larger population markets, possess smaller market share, have a higher percentage of Medicaid patients, and have less liquidity.

Language: en