Majority Of Hospitals Lack Robust Cost-Control Efforts: Survey

Kaufman Hall surveyed executives at 150 hospitals and health systems, including 30 percent from a health system with 10 or more hospitals, 26 percent from a stand-alone hospital, and 25 percent from a small health system with two to four hospitals. Twenty-five percent of surveyed hospitals had no cost-reduction goals for the next five years, and 26 percent aimed to cut 5 percent or less.