Now in its fourteenth year, the Benefits Survey of Hospitals provides crucial benchmarking and trend information that hospital executives need to manage their employer-sponsored health plans. The 2019 survey expanded beyond prior geographic coverage in the east to cover the entire United States and provides key findings for 150 health systems, representing over 1,260 hospitals and 2.5+ million employees.
This is an excerpt from the full report, which is only available to participating health care organizations. If you would like to participate in the 2020 Benefits Survey of Hospitals, please email Sheena.Singh@aon.com.
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