Whose social capital matters? The case of U.S. urban public hospital closures and conversions to private ownership

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 114, Issue , 2014, Pages 188-196

  Ko, Michelle ^a   Derose, Kathryn Pitkin ^b   Needleman, Jack ^a   Ponce, Ninez A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Closures; Privatizations; Public hospitals; Safety net; Social capital; United States

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; POLICY APPROACH; PRIVATE SECTOR; PRIVATIZATION; SAFETY; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DECISION MAKING; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HAZARD; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICAL SOCIETY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SAFETY NET HOSPITAL; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY NETWORKS; HEALTH FACILITY CLOSURE; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; OWNERSHIP; SOCIAL CAPITAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904746568     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.03.024     Document Type: Article

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