1. Hospital Squeeze Labor Government payment Technology/Rx Managed care
Increased acuity
Redundant regulation
Liability insurance
Capital
Emergency readiness
Government payment
Managed care
Competition from niche providers
Rising uninsured

2. Cost of Caring

3. Cost of Caring

4. Workforce Hospitals are Major Employers
Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Employment Statistics (CES) Data released 2011.

5. Workforce

6. Workforce

7. Government underpayment

8. Changing demographics

9. Redundant regulation