The metamorphosis: Conversion in historical context

Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine: Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 238-247

  Brown, Lawrence D ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFIT; UNITED STATES;

BLUE CROSS; BLUE SHIELD; HUMANS; INVESTMENTS; NEW YORK; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; OWNERSHIP;

EID: 0031422706     PISSN: 00287091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

1. The present paper draws on and briefly updates Brown LI). Capture and culture: organizational identity in New York Blue Cross. J Health Polit Policy Law 1991; 16:651-670. (The cited issue [Winter 1991], which is one of several papers in this special issue on Empire's origins and evolution. Empire is used here as shorthand for hospital and physician-based insurance plans that have had various names over their long history.)
2. Blue Cross Associated Hospital Services. 1951 Annual Report for 1950 (Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield Archives), pp. 4, 5, 7.
3. Blue Cross Associated Hospital Services. 1952 Annual Report for 1951 (Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield Archives), pp. 4-5.
4. Blue Cross Associated Hospital Services. 1952 Annual Report for 1951 (Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield Archives), p. 3.
5. Blue Cross Associated Hospital Services. 1959 Annual Report for 1958 (Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield Archives), pp. 4-5.