FUTURE: Inpatient will be smaller proportion of revenue

Here is a projection from consultants BDC Advisors about the changing proportion of hospital revenue coming from inpatient care.

10 Years Ago (2004)

• 74 percent inpatient
• 22 percent outpatient
•   4 percent other

Today (2014)

• 62 percent inpatient
• 27 percent outpatient
•   9 percent physicians
•   2 percent other

10 Years From Now (2024)

• 43 percent inpatient
• 25 percent outpatient
• 18 percent physicians
•   9 percent health plan
•   4 percent pharmacy
•   1 percent other

Source:  Eggbeer, B., and Bowers, K. (2014, Oct.). Health care’s new game changer: thinking like a health plan. Healthcare Financial Management, 68(10), 53-59. Retrieved from http://www.hfma.org/Content.aspx?id=25364 Posted by AHA Resource Center (312) 422-2050, rc@aha.org