Health Equity

Hospitals Serving The Poor Struggled During COVID. Wealthy Hospitals Made Millions

Abstract: The financial gap between wealthy hospitals and safety-net hospitals, which take everyone who walks through their doors, has widened during the pandemic, an NPR and PBS Frontline investigation found.

Publication: NPR/Frontline

Date Published: May 18, 2021

Author(s): Laura Sullivan and Huo Jingnan

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