Can nonprofit hospitals do both well and good?

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 62-68

  Longest Jr , Beaufort B ^a   Lin, Chyongchiou Jeng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate citizenship performance; Financial performance; Hospital economic roles; Nonprofit hospitals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; NON PROFIT HOSPITAL; PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 13844278295     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004010-200501000-00009     Document Type: Article

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