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1 online resource (ix, 368 pages) : illustrations |
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A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report |
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Conference report (National Bureau of Economic Research)
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| Contents |
Hospital conversions / Frank A. Sloan, Donald H. Taylor, Jr., and Christopher J. Conover -- Converting hospitals from not-for-profit to for-profit status / David M. Cutler and Jill R. Horwitz -- Comparing hospital quality at for-profit and not-for-profit hospitals / Mark McClellan and Douglas Staiger -- Adoption and impact of advanced emergency response services / Susan Athey and Scott Stern -- How much is enough? / Jonathan Skinner and John E. Wennberg -- Market forces, diversification of activity, and the mission of not-for-profit hospitals / Richard G. Frank and David S. Salkever -- Managed care and provider volume / Sarah Feldman and David Scharfstein -- Implications of managed care for teaching hospitals / David Meltzer, Frederick L. Hiltz, and David Bates -- Tax benefits of not-for-profit hospitals / William M. Gentry and John R. Penrod -- Asymmetric information and the not-for-profit sector / Tomas Philipson |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Health facilities -- Economic aspects -- United States
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Hospitals -- Economic aspects -- United States
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Privatization.
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Hospitals, Proprietary.
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Voluntary hospitals.
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Hospitals -- Business management.
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Hospitals -- Administration.
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Privatization
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Privatization -- Congresses -- economics -- United States
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Hospitals, Proprietary -- United States -- Congresses
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Hospitals, Proprietary -- Congresses -- economics -- United States
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Quality of Health Care -- United States -- Congresses
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Hospitals, Voluntary -- Congresses -- economics -- United States
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Hospital Administration -- Congresses -- United States
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Hospitals, Voluntary -- United States -- Congresses
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Quality of Health Care -- Congresses -- economics -- United States
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Hospitals, Proprietary
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Hospitals, Voluntary
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Quality of Health Care
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Hospitals, Proprietary -- economics -- United States -- Congresses
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Hospitals, Voluntary -- economics -- United States -- Congresses
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Hospital Administration -- United States -- Congresses
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Privatization -- economics -- United States -- Congresses
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Quality of Health Care -- economics -- United States -- Congresses
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Quality of Health Care -- economics
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Hospital Administration
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Privatization -- economics
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Hospitals, Proprietary -- economics
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Hospitals, Voluntary -- economics
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Service.
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Voluntary hospitals
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Privatization
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Hospitals, Proprietary
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Hospitals -- Business management
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Hospitals -- Administration
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Health facilities -- Economic aspects
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Hospitals -- Economic aspects
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United States |
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United States
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proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cutler, David M.
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| LC no. |
99027207 |
| ISBN |
0226132226 |
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9780226132228 |
