Keywords

financial performance, long-term care, organizational linkages, rural hospitals, swing-beds

Authors

1. Stuart, Bruce
2. Fennell, Mary
3. Sun, Rongjun
4. Campbell, Susan E.

Abstract

Abstract: Data for 540 rural hospitals from 1982 to 1997 were analyzed to determine whether adoption of long-term-care (LTC) strategies improved hospital financial performance. Adoption of external and internal LTC strategies (other than swing-beds) was generally, but not unambiguously, associated with higher profits, increased occupancy, and/or lower costs.