The data also shows that aggressive cost-cutting hospitals are more likely to be classified as large hospitals with more than 500 beds.
Nearly half of the cost reductions hospitals achieved stemmed from four service lines: general surgery, neonatal, obstetrics/delivery and infectious diseases.
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