For-Profit Hospitals Loom Large on Health Care Scene.

Culliton, Barbara J.

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Publication Date: 1986

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For-Profit Hospitals Loom Large on Health Care Scene.

Culliton, Barbara J.

Science, v233 n4767 p928-30 Aug 29 1986

Discusses the rising trend supporting for-profit hospitals. Compares for-profit and not-for-profit hospitals in regards to hospital costs, quality of care, care for the poor, education and research, and the role of the physician. (TW)

Descriptors: Business, Costs, Disadvantaged, Entrepreneurship, Health Facilities, Hospitals, Investment, Medical Care Evaluation, Medical Research, Medical Services, Nonprofit Organizations, Physicians, Teaching Hospitals

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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