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. 2020 Dec;15(12):727–730. doi: 10.12788/jhm.3411

TABLE.

Hospital Profits and Losses by Primary Diagnosis Category

n Inpatient (17 hospitals) n Observation (16 hospitals)
Daily Margins US$, median (IQR) Daily Margins US$, median (IQR)
Mental Health
 Hospitals combined 17 376 (23 to 618) 16 –453 (–806 to 362)
 Hospitals with profit 13 526 (197 to 778) 6 888 (362 to 1,046)
 Hospitals with losses 4 –332 (–585 to –309) 10 –751 (–1,028 to –576)

Suicide Attempt
 Hospitals combined 17 685 (3 to 1,117) 16 –103 (–639 to 264)
 Hospitals with profit 13 816 (682 to 1,228) 6 635 (264 to 956)
 Hospitals with losses 4 –691 (–1,281 to –346) 10 –407 (–1,214 to –129)

Other Medical
 Hospitals combined 17 603 (240 to 991) 16 353 (–616 to 658)
 Hospitals with profit 15 755 (416 to 1,211) 9 644 (509 to 803)
 Hospitals with losses 2 –566 (–566 to –622) 7 –1,017 (–1,067 to –303)

n Annual Margins US$, median (IQR) n Annual Margins US$, median (IQR)

Mental Health vs Other Medical
 Hospitals combined 17 –68,334 (–2,488,718 to –3,473) 16 –5,067 (–53,168 to 7,821)
 Hospitals with profit 4 109,633 (79,547 to 1,192,020) 7 12,501 (3,494 to 16,138)
 Hospitals with losses 13 –273,977 (–3,548,645 to –51,761) 9 –51,311 (–125,893 to –47,303)

Suicide Attempt vs Other Medical
 Hospitals combined 17 42,976 (–224,240 to 176,886) 16 –19,510 (–30,268 to 10,441)
 Hospitals with profit 9 176,886 (77,567 to 249,095) 7 11,811 (7,511 to 35,815)
 Hospitals with losses 8 –270,503 (–599,131 to –179,762) 9 –25,284 (–51,402 to –21,090)

Positive values refer to net profits, while negative values refer to net losses.

Abbreviation: IQR, interquartile range.