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Table 3 Frequency of SNH definition(s) used by article characteristics (n = 22 articles)

From: Defining safety net hospitals in the health services research literature: a systematic review and critical appraisal

 

Data Sources

Journal Type

Year Categories

Cost Reports

AHA

HCUP

NIS

Other dataset

Policy- related

Health services

Clinical-related

2009–2012

2013–2015

2016–2018

Medicaid caseload

 

3

  

1

2

2

 

3

1

 

Uncompensated care

 

1

    

1

 

1

  

Facility characteristics

 

1

    

1

 

1

  

DSH payments

4

3

  

1

4

2

2

 

4

4

Patient case mix

1

   

1

1

 

1

  

2

Medicaid caseload + facility characteristics

 

3

1

  

1

1

1

2

 

1

Medicaid caseload + uncompensated care

 

1

2

2

2

 

3

2

 

2

3

Uncompensated care + DSH payments + Medicaid caseload

    

1

 

1

 

1

  
  1. SNH is Safety Net Hospital, AHA is American Hospital Association Annual Survey of Hospitals, HCUP is Health Care Utilization Project, NIS is National Inpatient Sample
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