Provision of community benefits by tax-exempt U.S. hospitals

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 368, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 1519-1527

  Young, Gary J ^a,b   Chou, Chia Hung ^a,b,c   Alexander, Jeffrey ^d   Lee, Shoou Yih Daniel ^d   Raver, Eli ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL RUNNING COST; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL WELFARE; TAX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876343656     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa1210239     Document Type: Article

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