| Profitability of Rural Hospitals: An Analysis of Government Payment Policies |
| Table 1. | Description of Medicare Programs Targeted for Rural Hospitals |
| Table 2. | Variable Definitions and Descriptive Statistics |
| Table 3. | Mean Values for Operating and Total Margin, Classified by Binary Variables, 2015 |
| Table 4. | Ordinary Least Squares Regression Estimates, Operating Margin, and Total Margin, 2015 (n = 2,114) |
| Assessing the Impact of Privatization of Public Hospitals on Community Orientation: A Stakeholder Approach |
| Table 1. | Perceived Stakeholder Attributes of the Community by Hospital Ownership Type |
| Table 2. | Cross-Tabulations and Analysis of Variance (n = 7,674) |
| Table 3. | Fixed-Effects Negative Binomial Regression Predicting the Effect of Privatization on Community Orientation |
| Table 4. | Fixed-effects Negative Binomial Regression Predicting the Effect of Privatization to For-profit or Not-for-profit Status on Community Orientation |
| The Cost of Capital, Leverage, and System Membership: Does System Membership Help Hospitals Achieve Optimal Leverage? |
| Table 1. | Independent NFP Hospital Leverage by Year |
| Table 2. | Preacquisition Hospital Characteristics |
| Table 3. | Difference-in-Difference Estimates of Changes in Leverage |
| Consumers' Exposure to Price Transparency: Compliance Testing and Sentiment Analysis of US Hospitals During 2019 |
| Table 1. | US Hospital Characteristics |
| Table 2. | Compliance and Accessibility of Chargemaster Data |
| Table 3. | Selected Illustrative Quotes |
| Table 4. | Contingency Table for Webpage versus Sentiment |
| Financial Literacy and Consumer Choice of Health Insurance: Evidence from Low-income Populations in the United States |
| Table 1. | Financial Literacy Questions in American Life Panel (ALP) (* indicates the correct answer) |
| Table 2. | Descriptive Statistics of American Life Panel (ALP) Sample |
| Table 3. | Characteristics of Respondents by Score on the Financial Literacy (FL) Questions |
| Table 4. | Multivariable Regression Explaining Financial Literacy (FL) |
| Does Transparency of Quality Metrics Affect Hospital Care Outcomes? A Systematic Review of the Literature |
| Table 1. | Previous Systematic Reviews on Transparency |
| Table 2. | Studies Examining the Relationship between Transparency and Mortality |
| Table 3. | Studies Examining the Relationship between Transparency and Other Quality Measures |
| Leadership and Safety Excellence: The Experience of Hospital Support Service Workers |
| Table 1. | Sample Demographics |
| Table 2. | Descriptive Statistics, Correlations, and Scale Reliabilities |
| Table 3. | Relationship of Safety and Unit Leadership on Individual Safety Perceptions |