Sustaining Rural Hospitals After COVID-19The Case for Global Budgets

Corresponding Author: Eric T. Roberts, PhD, Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, 130 De Soto St, A653 Crabtree Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15261 (eric.roberts@pitt.edu).

Published Online: June 10, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.9744

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Drs Fried and Liebers reported previously serving as consultants to the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health. Dr Fried reported receiving personal fees from Pennsylvania Department of Health outside the submitted work. Dr Liebers reported receiving personal fees from the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health outside the submitted work. Dr Roberts was supported by a grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (K01HS026727).

Disclaimer: This content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health, or the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Additional Contributions: We thank Julie Donohue, PhD (Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health), and Derek Angus, MD, MPH (Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine), for helpful comments on an earlier draft of this article. The authors also gratefully acknowledge the contribution of Mark Herzog, MD, MPP (1992-2020), in inspiring our writing.