Hospital ownership and community benefit: Looking beyond uncompensated care

Journal of Healthcare Management

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 126-141

  Song, Paula H ^a   Lee, Shoou Yih D ^b   Alexander, Jeffrey A ^b   Seiber, Eric E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NON PROFIT HOSPITAL; STANDARD; TAX; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, VOLUNTARY; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OWNERSHIP; TAX EXEMPTION; UNCOMPENSATED CARE; UNITED STATES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879529355     PISSN: 10969012     EISSN: 19447396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00115514-201303000-00009     Document Type: Article

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