In an analysis published Sept. 6 in JAMA Network Open, researchers examined five definitions for safety-net hospitals and found that different criteria captured varying hospitals and characteristics.

Safety-net definitional ambiguity undermines targeted funding, limiting the ability to sustain staffing, infrastructure, and quality improvement needed for optimal stroke care across diverse ...

Funding for safety-net hospitals relies on definitions that vary significantly, leading to big differences in which facilities qualify for support and how resources are distributed, according to a ...

Safety-net hospitals have a common mission to provide care for Medicaid beneficiaries and those who are uninsured, but there's no universal definition for these hospitals - complicating efforts to ...

Safety-net hospitals have a common mission to provide care for Medicaid beneficiaries and those who are uninsured, but there’s no universal definition for these hospitals—complicating efforts to ...