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Test Your Knowledge of Connecticut hospital funding

October 2006


1. What percent of Connecticut hospital operating revenues was from governments in Fiscal year 2004?

a) 10%
b) 25%
c) 50%
d) 75%

2. Last year, how many of Connecticut's 31 hospitals turned a profit?

a) 2
b) 15
c) 21
d) 31, all of them

3. What was the ratio of costs to payments for Connecticut private insurers, including HMOs, last year?

a) 0.73 - they pay less than the actual cost of care
b) 1.00 - they pay exactly the cost of care
c) 0.97 - they pay just under the cost of care
d) 1.20 - they pay more than the cost of care

4. For which group was the average length of stay at Connecticut hospitals longest last year?

a) SAGA
b) Medicare
c) Medicaid Managed Care
d) privately insured patients

5. For which group was the average number of admissions at Connecticut hospitals highest last year?

a) SAGA
b) Medicare
c) Medicaid fee for service
d) privately insured patients

Source: Funding of Hospital Care, Briefing Paper for the State of Connecticut Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee, September 21, 2006.

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