Percentage of hospitals experiencing access challenges over the last 3-6 months
Hospitals that experienced substantial increase in cost of debt ─ 38 percent
Hospitals that experienced delayed or withdrawn bond issue ─ 17 percent
Hospitals that experienced failure of debt offering ─ 17 percent
Hospitals that experienced difficulty securing liquidity facility ─ 18 percent
Hospitals that used their maximum line of credit ─ 4 percent
Hospitals denied a bank loan ─ 2 percent
Percentage of hospitals experiencing a decline in inpatient volume in the last six months
Hospitals with declined inpatient volume ─ 55 percent
Hospitals with declined inpatient volume of more than 2 percent ─ 27 percent
Hospitals with declined inpatient volume and outpatient volume ─ 46 percent
Percentage of hospitals anticipating capital spending cuts over the next 3-6 months
Hospitals expected to reduce medical technology expenditures ─ 79 percent
Hospitals expected to reduce IT decision system expenditures ─ 77 percent
Hospital expected to reduce new construction expenditures ─ 72 percent
Hospitals expected to reduce operating expenditures ─ 53 percent
Hospitals expected to hold off on all new construction projects ─ 37 percent
Source: Healthcare Financial Management Association’s Healthcare Financial Pulse: The Financial Health of U.S. Hospitals and Healthcare Systems (pdf).
