Survey shows support for the hospital executive compensation act

• Main Author: Robbins RA
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Arizona Thoracic Society 2016-08-01
• Series: Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care
• Subjects: Arizona; proposition; Arizona Hospital Executive Compensation Act 2016; survey; support; effect on patient care; $450; 000; hospital executive pay; pay cap
• Online Access: http://www.swjpcc.com/general-medicine/2016/8/22/survey-shows-support-for-the-hospital-executive-compensation.html

The Arizona Hospital Executive Compensation Act 2016 was an Arizona state proposition to limit healthcare executive pay to $450,000/year. An anonymous survey conducted by the Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care (SWJPCC) was conducted from 8/1/16-8/22/16 on proposition support and its effect on healthcare (Appendix 1). We obtained 52 responses of which 49 were from physicians and 3 from other healthcare workers. Eighty-three percent (43 of 52) supported the proposition and only 10% (5 of 52) felt if would make patient care worse. Thirty-five percent (18 of 52) felt it would make patient care better with the remaining 56% believed it would have no effect. All 5 of those who opposed the proposition felt it would make healthcare worse. These data suggest that in the opinion of those who answered a survey in the SWJPCC the vast majority supported a measure to limit healthcare executive pay and would either have no effect or make patient care better.