Compensation of chief executive officers at nonprofit US hospitals.

Karen E. Joynt; Sidney T. Le; John Orav; Ashish K. Jha

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Compensation of chief executive officers at nonprofit US hospitals.

October 30, 2013

Joynt KE, Le ST, Orav J, et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2014;174(1):61-7.

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This study found no association between hospital chief executive officer (CEO) compensation and mortality rates or readmissions. However, hospitals with higher CEO compensation had significantly more advanced technology and higher patient satisfaction scores.

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