Variance of US Hospital Characteristics by Safety-Net Definition

Elizabeth McNeill; Cory Cronin; Neeraj Puro; Berkeley Franz; Diana Silver; Ji Chang

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.32392

Variance of US Hospital Characteristics by Safety-Net Definition

JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Sep 5;6(9):e2332392. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.32392.

Authors

Elizabeth McNeill¹, Cory Cronin^{2

3}, Neeraj Puro⁴, Berkeley Franz^{3

5}, Diana Silver¹, Ji Chang¹

Affiliations

¹ New York University School of Global Public Health, New York, New York.
² Ohio University, Athens, Ohio.
³ Appalachian Institute to Advance Health Equity Science (ADVANCE), Athens, Ohio.
⁴ Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida.
⁵ Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Athens, Ohio.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study examines whether characteristics of hospitals differ across 5 frequently used safety-net hospital definitions using 2020 data.