Private Hospital Care for Profit? A Reappraisal

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 64-73

  Josephson, Gordon W ^a  

^a METROWEST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Charity care; Community benefits; For profit; Hospitals; Investor owned; Not for profit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS; INVESTMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; NON PROFIT HOSPITAL; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL WELFARE; STANDARD; TAX; UNITED STATES;

CHARITIES; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; ETHICS, INSTITUTIONAL; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, PROPRIETARY; HOSPITALS, VOLUNTARY; HUMANS; INVESTMENTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TAX EXEMPTION; UNCOMPENSATED CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031155707     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004010-199707000-00007     Document Type: Article

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