Financial Performance of Academic Health Center Hospitals, 1994 - 2000
September 2002
The Commonwealth Fund
This report examines how competitive market dynamics between 1994 and 2000 have affected the financial stability of academic health center (AHC) hospitals and their ability to support their academic and social missions. It looks at the financial challenges facing AHC hospitals and demonstrates that fewer financial resources are currently available to subsidize mission-related activities than at any other time since 1994. Although the analysis focuses on AHC hospitals, the report considers other teaching hospitals as well as other types of hospitals.