Arkansas

¹ Lown Institute, “Lown Institute Hospitals Index: 2023 Results Fair Share Spending,” April 2023, https://lownhospitalsindex.org/2023-fair-share-spending/.

² PatientRightsAdvocate.org, “Fifth Semi-Annual Hospital Price Transparency Compliance Report,” July 2023, https://www.patientrightsadvocate.org/july-semi-annual-compliance-report-2023, pg. 26. 

³ Urban Institute, “Debt in America: An Interactive Map,” October 2023, https://apps.urban.org/features/debt-interactive-map/?type=medical&variable=medcoll&state=5.

⁴ National Public Radio, “Investigation: Many U.S. hospitals sue patients for debts or threaten their credit,” December 2022, https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/12/21/1144491711/investigation-many-u-s-hospitals-sue-patients-for-debts-or-threaten-their-credit.

⁵ CNN, “Arkansas hospital sued thousands of patients over medical bills during the pandemic, including hundreds of its own employees,” September 2023, https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/08/us/arkansas-hospital-debt-collections-lawsuits-pandemic/index.html

⁶ Innovation for Justice, University of Arizona and the University of Utah, “Medical Debt Policy Scorecard,” October 2021, https://www.medicaldebtpolicyscorecard.org/state/AR.  

⁷ Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, State Rankings, November 2023, https://www.hospitalsafetygrade.org/your-hospitals-safety-grade/state-rankings.

All data as of December 2023.