The Association of Debt Financing with Not-For-Profit Hospitals' Provision of Uncompensated Care

Journal of Health Care Finance

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 46-58

  Magnus, Stephen A ^a   Smith, Dean G ^b   Wheeler, John R C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; ECONOMICS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; NON PROFIT HOSPITAL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, VOLUNTARY; UNCOMPENSATED CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 13844311106     PISSN: 10786767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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