Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Tables and Figures; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction; NOTES; Chapter 2: Organizational theory and the orientation of not-for-profit and for-profit hospitals; ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY AND THE ENVIRONMENT; Historical Overview of Organizational Theory and the Environment; Overview of Neo-institutional Theory; Applying Neo-Institutional Theory; ORIENTATIONS OF FOR-PROFIT AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT HOSPITALS; The Analytical Distinction Between For-Profit and Not-For-Profit Hospitals
The Historical Distinction Between For-Profit and Not-For-Profit HospitalsEXPLANATIONS FOR THE HYPOTHETICAL CONVERGENCE OF HOSPITAL TYPES; Significant Federal Policy; Alternative Explanations Other Than Policy; SUMMARY; NOTES; Chapter 3: Indices of hospital performance; DATA; American Hospital Association Data; Area Resource File Data; HOSPITAL OUTCOMES; Efficiency Outcomes; Community-Service Outcomes; SUMMARY; NOTES; Chapter 4: Hospitals' organizational characteristics and environments; HOSPITAL INTERNAL ORGANIZATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; Type of Ownership; Hospital-System Affiliation
Hospital SizeTeaching Status; Hospital Case Mix; Average Length of Stay; Ratio of Full-Time Licensed Practical Nurses to Full-Time Registered Nurses; The Ratio of Technology Services; EXTERNAL FACTORS THAT MAY CONFOUND POSSIBLE EXPLANATIONS OF CONVERGENCE IN THE HOSPITAL INDUSTRY; Hospital Location; Hospital Market; Ratio of Specialists to General Practitioners; Population Over the Age of 65; County Unemployment Rates and Per Capita Income; Health Maintenance Organizations; SUMMARY; NOTES; Chapter 5: Methods; DATA VERIFICATION; American Hospital Association Data; Area Resource File Data
DATA MERGEHYPOTHESIS TESTING; NOTES; Chapter 6: Results and conclusions; RESULTS; OLS Regression Results; T-Test Results; CONCLUSION AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS; Implications For Neo-institutional Theory; U.S. Health Policy Implications; NOTES; Appendix A: Creation of hospital technology variable; Appendix B: 25 hospital markets with the highest market concentration; Appendix C: OLS regression results of efficiency and community service outcomes; References; Index
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First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company
