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Purpose
Hospitals with lower fixed‐to‐total‐cost ratios may be better positioned to remain financially viable when reducing service volumes required by many value‐based payment systems. We assessed whether hospitals in rural areas have higher fixed‐to‐total‐cost ratios, which would tend to create a systematic disadvantage in such an environment.
Methods
Our observational study used a mixed‐effects,...