Tax-exempt hospitals and community benefit: New directions in policy and practice

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue , 2015, Pages 545-557

  Rubin, Daniel B ^a,b   Singh, Simone R ^a   Young, Gary J ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charity care; IRS form 990 schedule H; Nonprofit hospitals; Patient protection and affordable care act (PPACA); Tax exemption

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NON PROFIT HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; REVIEW; STANDARD; TAX; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALS, VOLUNTARY; HUMANS; TAX EXEMPTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84925234162     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: 15452093     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031914-122357     Document Type: Review

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