Concerns regarding the environmental impacts of hospitals have made the healthcare sector one of the most prominent settings for the green building movement.Despite these environmental concerns,the number of studies t...Concerns regarding the environmental impacts of hospitals have made the healthcare sector one of the most prominent settings for the green building movement.Despite these environmental concerns,the number of studies that document the benefits of sustainable healthcare facilities is limited.In this study,the authors used the Medicare and Medicaid cost report data to compare the financial performance of 14 Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design(LEED)certified hospitals against the average performance of non-green facilities.In line with studies conducted in other settings,the authors found that there are low and high performers among green hospitals.For this study,green hospitals had higher facility operating expenses than an average non-green hospital and spent more on plant operations.While green hospitals included in this study generated more revenue,the incomes were not high enough to validate the high operating expenses.展开更多
Although the sustainability movement in the healthcare sector was initiated in response to ecological concerns,green hospitals are expected to outperform traditional hospitals on a variety of levels.The impacts of env...Although the sustainability movement in the healthcare sector was initiated in response to ecological concerns,green hospitals are expected to outperform traditional hospitals on a variety of levels.The impacts of environmental quality on patients and caregivers are demonstrated in numerous studies.However,there is still a lack of evidence on the benefits of green hospitals with respect to different dimensions of patients’experiences.In this study,data from the public Hospital Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Survey is used to compare the performance of green hospitals with the average performance of traditional hospitals.This study included 19 green hospitals and found that patients hospitalized in green facilities reported overall higher ratings than those in traditional hospitals when compared to the average performance of traditional hospitals of similar sizes and locations.Additionally,patients in green hospitals were more likely to recommend the hospital to their friends and family.However,relationships between specific green building features and patient experiences were not identified in this study.展开更多
文摘Concerns regarding the environmental impacts of hospitals have made the healthcare sector one of the most prominent settings for the green building movement.Despite these environmental concerns,the number of studies that document the benefits of sustainable healthcare facilities is limited.In this study,the authors used the Medicare and Medicaid cost report data to compare the financial performance of 14 Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design(LEED)certified hospitals against the average performance of non-green facilities.In line with studies conducted in other settings,the authors found that there are low and high performers among green hospitals.For this study,green hospitals had higher facility operating expenses than an average non-green hospital and spent more on plant operations.While green hospitals included in this study generated more revenue,the incomes were not high enough to validate the high operating expenses.
文摘Although the sustainability movement in the healthcare sector was initiated in response to ecological concerns,green hospitals are expected to outperform traditional hospitals on a variety of levels.The impacts of environmental quality on patients and caregivers are demonstrated in numerous studies.However,there is still a lack of evidence on the benefits of green hospitals with respect to different dimensions of patients’experiences.In this study,data from the public Hospital Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Survey is used to compare the performance of green hospitals with the average performance of traditional hospitals.This study included 19 green hospitals and found that patients hospitalized in green facilities reported overall higher ratings than those in traditional hospitals when compared to the average performance of traditional hospitals of similar sizes and locations.Additionally,patients in green hospitals were more likely to recommend the hospital to their friends and family.However,relationships between specific green building features and patient experiences were not identified in this study.
