Study Finds Recession Loosening Grip on U.S. Hospitals

An analysis of hospital finances by Thomson Reuters finds that the median profit margin of U.S. hospitals increased from 0.17 percent in the third quarter of 2008 to 3.1 percent in the first quarter of 2009, according to a release from Thomson Reuters.

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Moreover, the report found that the upswing has affected all classes of hospitals: small, medium and large community hospitals, teaching hospitals and major teaching hospitals.

And while 30 percent of hospitals still had negative margins in the first quarter of the year, that was an improvement from the quarter before, when the figure stood at 50 percent.

Read Thomson Reuters’ release about hospital recession recovery.

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