Slide Presentation from the AHRQ 2007 Annual Conference

Study Sample and Unit of Analysis

• Eight year panel data for 89 Iowa rural hospitals (rural PPS hospitals and CAHs)
• Unit of analysis is hospital-year

Figure 1: Time Frame of Iowa Rural Hospitals CAH Conversion shows a change from 100% Iowa rural hospitals to mostly critical access hospitals (CAHs) from 1997 to 2005.