A comparison of the performance of for-profit and nonprofit U.S. psychiatric inpatient care providers since 1980

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 183-187

  Rosenau, Pauline Vaillancourt ^a   Linder, Stephen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PEER REVIEW; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN; PROFIT; REVIEW; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED STATES; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL; MANAGEMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NON PROFIT HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; STANDARD;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, PROPRIETARY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HOSPITALS, VOLUNTARY; HUMANS; MANAGEMENT AUDIT; MENTAL DISORDERS; OWNERSHIP; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNCOMPENSATED CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038321021     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.54.2.183     Document Type: Review

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