Columbia/HCA and the resurgence of the for-profit hospital business

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 335, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 362-367

  Kuttner, Robert ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFIT; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ACCOUNTABILITY; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BUSINESS ETHICS; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; COLUMBIA/HCA HEALTHCARE CORPORATION; COMMUNITY SERVICES; DISADVANTAGED; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HISTORICAL ASPECTS; INCENTIVES; INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES; SELECTION FOR TREATMENT; SOCIAL IMPACT; TRENDS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COST CONTROL; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; ETHICS; ETHICS, BUSINESS; ETHICS, INSTITUTIONAL; HEALTH FACILITY MERGER; HOSPITALS, PROPRIETARY; HOSPITALS, VOLUNTARY; INCOME; MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEMS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 0030017150     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199608013350524     Document Type: Review

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