News, Healthcare Administration: An AHA report

” Many [U.S.] hospitals find it significantly more difficult or even impossible to access tax-exempt bonds or other sources of capital.”

Excerpt from “The Capital Crisis: Impact on Hospitals” – Courtesy of the American Hospital Association – All rights reserved – Copyright 2009

Founded in 1898, the American Hospital Association (AHA) is a not-for-profit voluntary association of 5,000 member hospitals or health systems and 38,000 individuals that are committed to the improvement of health in their communities.  AHA provides education for health care leaders and is a source of information on health care issues and trends.

AHA publishes a free information service called Trendwatch, which reports annually on U.S. health care economics, management, trends or market developments and governmental or regulatory influences.

A recently released report, entitled “The Capital Crisis: Impact on Hospitals” provides data from 639 U.S. hospitals, collected by AHA from late December 2008 through January 6, 2009.

Click here to read this free 14-page report (opens in PDF format).