National Hospital Flash Report

National Hospital Flash Report: December 2024 Data

KauffmanReport
By Erik Swanson
1 min readFeb 4, 2025
Financial sustainabilityData and analytics

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In 2024, hospital financial and operational performance stabilized.  Outpatient revenue increased, and patient observation days decreased. Though expenses in 2024 rose, they did not outpace inflation on a volume-adjusted basis.

The recent issue of the National Hospital Flash Report covers these and other key performance metrics.

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Erik Swanson

Erik Swanson

Managing Director

Erik Swanson is a Managing Director leading Kaufman Hall’s Data and Analytics Group. His responsibilities focus on building cutting-edge data science tools and leveraging big data to provide deeper and more timely insight, drive operational improvement, and develop thought leadership to help our clients and consultants achieve the most meaningful outcomes. His areas of expertise span artificial intelligence and machine...