Hospital uncompensated care: crisis?
Hospital uncompensated care: crisis?
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医院无偿护理：危机？
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1989
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E. Friedman
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医院无补偿护理：危机有多大？美国的医院正在亏损--不是所有的;有些还不错。但许多人不是。他们损失了多少钱，为什么损失，已经成为会计辩论、政治争议和获得医疗服务的潜在危机的基础。医院为那些没有保险、保险不足、不能或不愿支付费用的人提供了多少护理？美国医院协会（AHA）报告说，1980年医院“无赞助”护理（医院根本不支付的服务，扣除税收拨款和补贴）为30亿美元（占医院总费用的3.9%）。AHA副总裁亨利·巴霍弗说，1987年（有完整数据的最后一年），无赞助的护理总额为75亿美元（占费用的4.9%）。巴霍费尔对这种增长感到沮丧。他问道：“如果我们已经达到了可以补贴的最大护理量，
HOSPITAL UNCOMPENSATED care: how much of a crisis? American hospitals are losing money—not all of them; some are doing well. But many are not. Just how much money they are losing and why has become the basis of an accounting debate, a political controversy, and a potential crisis in access to care. How much care do hospitals provide to those who are uninsured, underinsured, and unable or unwilling to pay? The American Hospital Association (AHA) reports that hospital "unsponsored" care (services for which hospitals are not paid at all, less tax appropriations and subsidies) was $3 billion in 1980 (3.9% of total hospital expenses). In 1987 (the last year for which complete data are available), says AHA Vice President Henry Bachofer, unsponsored care totaled $7.5 billion (4.9% of expenses). Bachofer views the increase with dismay. He asks "if we are reaching the maximum amount of care that can be subsidized