The changing hospital industry : comparing not-for-profit and for-profit institutions /

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In recent years, the hospital industry has been undergoing massive change and reorganization with technological innovations and the spread of managed care. As a result, the total number of hospitals countrywide has been declining, and a growing number of not-for-profit hospitals have converted to fo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Cutler, David M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2000.
Series:Conference report (National Bureau of Economic Research)
Subjects:
Health facilities > Economic aspects > United States.
Hospitals > Economic aspects > United States.
Privatization.
Hospitals, Proprietary.
Voluntary hospitals.
Hospitals > Business management.
Hospitals > Administration.
Privatization
Privatization > Congresses > economics > United States.
Hospitals, Proprietary > United States > Congresses.
Hospitals, Proprietary > Congresses > economics > United States.
Quality of Health Care > United States > Congresses.
Hospitals, Voluntary > Congresses > economics > United States.
Hospital Administration > Congresses > United States.
Hospitals, Voluntary > United States > Congresses.
Quality of Health Care > Congresses > economics > United States.
Hospitals, Proprietary
Hospitals, Voluntary
Quality of Health Care
Hospitals, Proprietary > economics > United States > Congresses.
Hospitals, Voluntary > economics > United States > Congresses.
Hospital Administration > United States > Congresses.
Privatization > economics > United States > Congresses.
Quality of Health Care > economics > United States > Congresses.
Quality of Health Care > economics
Hospital Administration
Privatization > economics
Hospitals, Proprietary > economics
Hospitals, Voluntary > economics
Electronic books.
Hôpitaux > Aspect économique > États-Unis.
Équipements sanitaires > Aspect économique > États-Unis.
Privatisation.
Hôpitaux privés.
Hôpitaux privés sans but lucratif.
Hôpitaux > Administration.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Service.
Voluntary hospitals
Hospitals > Business management
Hospitals > Administration
Health facilities > Economic aspects
Hospitals > Economic aspects
United States
Congress
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In recent years, the hospital industry has been undergoing massive change and reorganization with technological innovations and the spread of managed care. As a result, the total number of hospitals countrywide has been declining, and a growing number of not-for-profit hospitals have converted to for-profit status. These changes raise two fundamental questions: What determines a hospital's choice of for-profit or not-for-profit organizational form? And how does that form affect patients and society? This timely volume provides a factual basis for discussing for-profit versus not-f.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 368 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:0226132226
9780226132228

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