Hospital Watch: Publications
Hospital Watch Vital Signs, November 2011
In the first half of 2011, the New York City hospital inpatient census fell by 1.9 percent, while emergency department visits increased by 2.2 percent. This new issue of Hospital Watch Vital Signs reports on measures of city hospital utilization, finances, and staffing through June 2011.
Hospital Watch Vital Signs, May 2011
In 2010, inpatient volume in New York City hospitals fell by 2.2 percent citywide, with declines in admissions concentrated among hospitals in financial distress. This issue of Hospital Watch Vital Signs also reports on other measures of financial stability in the city’s hospitals.
Hospital Watch, February 2011
This new report finds a small improvement in the financial condition of the city’s nonprofit hospitals between 2006 and 2009, but this improvement was not experienced uniformly or by all, with safety net hospitals in particular experiencing severe financial distress.
Hospital Watch Vital Signs, December 2010
According to this issue of Hospital Watch Vital Signs, which tracks trends through June 2010, the number of discharges from New York City hospitals dropped by 4 percent in the first half of the year—almost entirely the result of three recent hospital closures. Despite those closures, full-time-equivalent staff declined by less than 1 percent citywide; excluding the three hospitals that closed, hospital staffing levels rose slightly.
Hospital Watch Vital Signs, May 2010
According to this issue, which tracks trends through December 2009, the number of emergency department visits grew by 3.8 percent citywide in 2009.
The Financial Condition of the Leading Academic Medical Centers in New York City and the Nation
While academic medical centers have the best financial performance of any group of New York City hospitals, they have significantly lower margins than their peers in other states. This report examines the reasons driving this disparity, and compares data from four New York City academic medical centers to seventeen top academic medical centers elsewhere in the country.
Hospital Watch Vital Signs, December 2009
Tracking trends through June 2009, this issue reports that emergency department visits spiked in the first half of the year.
Hospital Watch Vital Signs, May 2009
The number of New York City hospital discharges fell by 1.5 percent in 2008, the first such drop since 2000. This issue, which tracks trends through December 2008, also reports year-over-year changes in hospital utilization, staffing, and finances.
Hospital Watch Vital Signs, December 2008
In the first half of 2008, for the first time in the ten years during which Hospital Watch has been tracking hospital utilization, the average length of stay did not decline -- it remained flat.
The Deteriorating Financial Condition of New York City's Nonprofit Hospitals, and Its Effect on Capital Investment
Among the findings in this report, New York City hospitals are lagging hospitals nationwide in capital investment.
Blueprint, Summer 2008
This issue of Blueprint reports on the Fund’s work in helping Medicaid reshape itself, a comprehensive neighborhood-based approach to addressing asthma, and anew initiative targeting a deadly hospital-acquired infection.
Hospital Watch Vital Signs, June 2008
The number of full-time-equivalent staff at New York City hospitals increased 2.9 percent in 2007, following much smaller rises in 2005 and 2006.
Hospital Watch, April 2008
This issue of Hospital Watch presents the first ever analysis of emergency department use in New York City at the neighborhood level, drawn from new state Department of Health data.
Hospital Watch, February 2008
This report documents growth in ambulatory care in New York City and price sensitivity that may affect the availability of such services.
Blueprint, Fall 2007
In this issue: Fund Partnership Keeps NY at Front of Healthy Aging Effort; From Confusion to Confidence: Health Literacy; Access to Care for the City's Most Vulnerable.
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