Publications
Publications
- December 2023
- Health Management, Policy and Innovation
Association of Hospital System Affiliation with COVID-19 Capacity Burden
By: Zachary Levin, Pinar Karaca-Mandic, Richard J. Boxer and Regina E. Herzlinger
Abstract
What is the message? The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the highly variable and uncoordinated responses by hospitals. The authors found that while the non-top ten system affiliated hospitals had a larger COVID-19 share index relative to independent hospitals, top-ten system hospitals did not. Nonprofit status was also associated with higher COVID-19 patient share relative to the share of hospital beds, and hospitals in counties with a higher percentage of poverty and Black populations had a lower share of COVID-19 patients when hospital markets had low market concentration (more competitive hospital markets). The results suggest that proactive planning could help spread the COVID-19 burden on hospitals through resource allocations.
What is the evidence? Regression analysis of data from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the American Hospital Association’s 2020 Annual Survey.
What is the evidence? Regression analysis of data from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the American Hospital Association’s 2020 Annual Survey.
Keywords
COVID-19 Pandemic; Resource Allocation; Health Pandemics; Demographics; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry
Citation
Levin, Zachary, Pinar Karaca-Mandic, Richard J. Boxer, and Regina E. Herzlinger. "Association of Hospital System Affiliation with COVID-19 Capacity Burden." Health Management, Policy and Innovation 8, no. 3 (December 2023).