Table 1.

Hospital Characteristics by Degree of BBA Medicare Revenue Cut

	All Hospitals 1995–2005	1995–1997
		Largest Cuts	Moderate Cuts	Smallest Cuts
Simulated DRG price cut—BBA bite (SD)	−607 (403)	−645 (172)	−602 (383)	−535 (263)
Instrumented loss in Medicare revenue due to BBA	−166	−616	−170	260
Raw AMI 90-day mortality	0.23	0.24	0.23	0.23
Operating cost per 1,996 beds	505,442	358,976	385,300	388,999
% FP hospital	15	8	14	15
% Public hospital	12	8	15	14
% Teaching hospital	9	13	8	4
Medicare CMI	1.44	1.39	1.41	1.42
Hospital beds	285	275	281	278
Occupancy rate (%)	59	56	53	53
% Hospital system	65	51	63	67
HMO penetration (%)	23	24	22	18
Hospital HHI	0.35	0.33	0.33	0.38
Total discharge	13,679	10,084	11,009	12,079
% Discharge Medicare	38	44	38	36
% Discharge Medicaid	13	13	14	15
% Discharge private	49	43	49	50
Medicare AMI cases	94	99	89	91
Observations (No. of hospitals years)	14,021	982	2,088	1,028