George Pink
Biographic Data
| ID | 5546552 |
|---|---|
| NAME | George Pink |
| GIVEN NAMES | George |
| FAMILY NAME | Pink |
| SIGNATURE | PINK G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Health Policy and Management Gillings School of Global Public Health The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill North Carolina |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Rural hospital closures and nursing home outcomes
PURPOSE: Rural hospital closures since 2005 reached 194 this year, raising concerns for rural health care access. Little is known about the effects of facility closures on the local long-term care sector. This analysis models the relationship between rural hospital closure and nursing homes in the same county. We explore nursing home-level outcomes related to utilization and resident health. METHODS: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Healt…
The effects of the Covid‐19 pandemic on urban and rural hospital profitability
INTRODUCTION: There are long-standing differences in profitability between rural and urban hospitals. Prior to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE), rural hospital profitability was decreasing, while urban hospital profitability was increasing. During the PHE, the Federal Government provided billions of dollars of support to hospitals. Given the prepandemic differences in trends in profitability, it is likely that the PHE funding had differ…
Non‐operating revenue is an important source of funding for rural hospitals, especially those that are government‐owned
PURPOSE: Non-operating revenue (NOR), derived from investments, contributions, government appropriations, and medical space rentals, can contribute to financial stability of hospitals by offsetting operating losses and improving profitability. NOR might benefit rural hospitals that often face intense financial pressures. However, little is known about how much rural hospitals rely on NOR and if certain organizational characteristics are associate…
Three lessons for rural health care systems from Covid‐19
The authors report no conflict of interest
Half of Rural Residents at High Risk of Serious Illness Due to Covid‐19, Creating Stress on Rural Hospitals
PURPOSE: During the COVID-19 epidemic, it is critical to understand how the need for hospital care in rural areas aligns with the capacity across states. METHODS: We analyzed data from the 2018 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to estimate the number of adults who have an elevated risk of serious illness if they are infected with coronavirus in metropolitan, micropolitan, and rural areas for each state. Study data included 430,949 survey…
Classifying Psychiatric Inpatients
BACKGROUND: Use of case-mix reimbursement in psychiatric inpatients has been limited as a result of a lack of systems which effectively group patients according to required resource needs. In recognition of the fact that many patient factors, in addition to diagnosis influence delivery of care in psychiatry, new measures of patient need are emerging. OBJECTIVE: This study compared improvement realized by using a multidimensional measure of patien…
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Classifying Psychiatric Inpatients
BACKGROUND: Use of case-mix reimbursement in psychiatric inpatients has been limited as a result of a lack of systems which effectively group patients according to required resource needs. In recognition of the fact that many patient factors, in addition to diagnosis influence delivery of care in psychiatry, new measures of patient need are emerging. OBJECTIVE: This study compared improvement realized by using a multidimensional measure of patien…
Half of Rural Residents at High Risk of Serious Illness Due to Covid‐19, Creating Stress on Rural Hospitals
PURPOSE: During the COVID-19 epidemic, it is critical to understand how the need for hospital care in rural areas aligns with the capacity across states. METHODS: We analyzed data from the 2018 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to estimate the number of adults who have an elevated risk of serious illness if they are infected with coronavirus in metropolitan, micropolitan, and rural areas for each state. Study data included 430,949 survey…
Non‐operating revenue is an important source of funding for rural hospitals, especially those that are government‐owned
PURPOSE: Non-operating revenue (NOR), derived from investments, contributions, government appropriations, and medical space rentals, can contribute to financial stability of hospitals by offsetting operating losses and improving profitability. NOR might benefit rural hospitals that often face intense financial pressures. However, little is known about how much rural hospitals rely on NOR and if certain organizational characteristics are associate…
Three lessons for rural health care systems from Covid‐19
The authors report no conflict of interest
Rural hospital closures and nursing home outcomes
PURPOSE: Rural hospital closures since 2005 reached 194 this year, raising concerns for rural health care access. Little is known about the effects of facility closures on the local long-term care sector. This analysis models the relationship between rural hospital closure and nursing homes in the same county. We explore nursing home-level outcomes related to utilization and resident health. METHODS: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Healt…
The effects of the Covid‐19 pandemic on urban and rural hospital profitability
INTRODUCTION: There are long-standing differences in profitability between rural and urban hospitals. Prior to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE), rural hospital profitability was decreasing, while urban hospital profitability was increasing. During the PHE, the Federal Government provided billions of dollars of support to hospitals. Given the prepandemic differences in trends in profitability, it is likely that the PHE funding had differ…
Medicine (5 works) · Global Health Workforce Issues (4 works) · Health care (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Healthcare Policy and Management (3 works) · Disease (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Emergency and Acute Care Studies (2 works) · Finance (2 works)