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Variable interest rate debt usually bears a lower interest rate than fixed rate debt because the bond interest rate is periodically adjusted to the prevailing market rate, and there is a large market of buyers of variable rate debt. In exchange for the lower interest rate, participating hospitals assume some risk associated with a fluctuating interest rate.
