Roughly 10 percent of hospitals have been "aggressive cost cutters" during the recession from 2009 to 2011, according to an infographic from Objective Health.
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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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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