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JAMA Netw Open2019;2(8):e198577.August 2, 2019Comparative Study

Comparison of 3 Safety-Net Hospital Definitions and Association With Hospital Characteristics.

Ioana Popescu1,2, Kathryn R Fingar3, Eli Cutler3,4, Jing Guo5, H Joanna Jiang5
1Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
2Rand Corporation, Los Angeles, California.
3IBM Watson Health, Sacramento, California.
4currently with Qventus, San Jose, California.
5Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland.
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Abstract

IMPORTANCE: No consensus exists on how to define safety-net hospitals (SNHs) for research or policy decision-making. Identifying which types of hospitals are classified as SNHs under different definitions is key to assessing policies that affect SNH funding. OBJECTIVE: To examine characteristics of SNHs as classified under 3 common definitions. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This cross-secti…

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