Study: Charitable care provided by hospitals doesn t measure up to their tax exemptions
The amount of charity care hospitals provide and the favorable tax treatment they enjoy is badly out of sync, researchers say
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The amount of charity care provided by government and nonprofit hospitals falls short of the obligation implied by their favorable tax treatment, according to a new study published in the April issue of
Health Affairs by researchers at Johns Hopkins University s Carey Business School and Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Using Medicare data from 2018, the study compares charity care at 1,024 government, 2,709 nonprofit, and 930 for-profit hospitals. Cumulatively, nonprofit hospitals were found to spend $2.3 on charity care out of every $100 in total expenses incurred, less than government ($4.1) or for-profit ($3.8) hospitals.
Consolidation poses hazards to health system goals, health economist Daniel Polsky cautions
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Questions remain on J&J Covid-19 vaccine rollout as authorization decision approaches
Johnson & Johnson says that it has 4 million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine ready to ship “immediately” once it receives emergency use authorization, which could happen this week. But as the decision nears, it’s unclear when or where those doses will be delivered.
During a briefing on Wednesday, White House Covid coordinator Jeff Zients said the J&J vaccine’s distribution would be similar to the current allocations process across jurisdictions, pharmacies and community health centers. When asked earlier in the week, the White House did not disclose its plans, although an administration official said they have worked closely with the company to formulate a distribution outline.
Experts spent months on a fair COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan, only to witness ‘a chaotic free-for-all’ Stacey Burling, The Philadelphia Inquirer © HEATHER KHALIFA/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS Dr. Faith Peterson administers a COVID-19 vaccine to a patient inside the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia on Feb. 02. The Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium has been vaccinating Philadelphia residents.
From last April to December, José Romero met weekly with other vaccine and infectious disease experts to discuss how the nation should dole out early doses of lifesaving COVID-19 vaccines in the most effective and fair way.
He and other members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which advises federal health officials, knew there wouldn’t be enough vaccine for everyone who wanted it. So they spent untold hours devising a phased vaccination system that would slowly increase eligibility for shots as manufacturing ramped up.
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The US is the epicentre of opioid misuse and associated harms, with an average of 128 deaths occurring each day in 2018 from opioid overdoses – more deaths than from any other drug crisis in the country’s history. Fatal opioid overdoses have exceeded the American death count from the Vietnam War, and in 2017, they also surpassed auto fatalities.
The costs of opioid misuse extend far beyond mortality and into domains such as morbidity, healthcare systems, labour markets, child wellbeing, and crime. Opioid misuse is estimated to cost the US over $500 billion annually (Council of Economic Advisers 2017).
Economists – using innovative frameworks, causal methods, and rich administrate and survey data – have actively contributed to our understanding of the causes and consequences of the opioid crisis. In our recent working paper (Maclean et al. 2020), we discuss the results of more than 100 economic studies obtained from keyword searches of relevant
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