For fiscal year 2011, hospital costs were distributed among payers this way:
- Medicare: 39.3%
- Private payer: 34.6%
- Medicaid: 16.3%
- Uncompensated care: 5.9%
- Non-patient [cafeterias, parking lots, gift shops & other non-patient care services]: 2.1%
- Other government: 1.8%
The private payer share has declined from 41.8% in 1980.
Source: Chart 4.5: Distribution of hospital cost by payer type, 1980, 2000, and 2011. In: Trendwatch Chartbook 2013. American Hospital Association, Feb. 26, 2013. http://www.aha.org/research/reports/tw/chartbook/2013/chart4-5.pdf
Posted by AHA Resource Center, (312) 422-2050, rc@aha.org
Filed under: Financial management, Hospital costs, Posted by Diana Culbertson Tagged: | hospital payer mix
