What Happens to Health care Costs When Nonprofit Hospitals Take a Financial Hit?

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Contrary to conventional wisdom, nonprofit hospitals generally act like for-profit hospitals, at least following a financial crisis, researchers report. Rather than raise prices, many non-profit hospitals cut back on unprofitable services to offset losses in a financial crisis. Researchers from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University discussed their work in this KelloggInsight article. Wiley published the original research in The RAND Journal of Economics.

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