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| "In spite of all the efforts in the U.S. to control health spending over the past 25 years, the story remains the same — the U.S. remains the most expensive because of the prices the U.S pays for health services.” | ||
| -Gerard F. Anderson, PhD, Professor, Bloomberg School’s Department of Health Policy and Management |
| The gap between
U.S. hospitals' outpatient and inpatient revenue continued to
shrink in 2017 as more patients elect to get care in cheaper
outpatient settings. The American Hospital Association's 2019
Hospital Statistics report showed hospitals' net outpatient
revenue was $472 billion and inpatient revenue totaled nearly
$498 billion in 2017, creating a ratio of 95%, up from 83% in
2013. Hospital profits reached $88 billion in 2017, a 12.5%
increase over the previous year and a 27% increase from 2013.
Total net revenue reached $1 trillion in 2017, compared with
$998 billion in 2016. Expenses in that time were $966 billion,
up from $920 billion. Source: Modern Healthcare, AHA data show hospitals' outpatient revenue nearing inpatient |
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