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BL
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1010533
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b764903
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The changing hospital industry : : comparing not-for-profit and for-profit institutions /\ edited by David M. Cutler.
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, 2000.
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| Series Statement
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A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
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1 online resource (ix, 368 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0226132226
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0226132196
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9780226132198
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9780226132228
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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| Abstract
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In recent years, the hospital industry has been undergoing massive change and reorganization with technological innovations and the spread of managed care. As a result, the total number of hospitals countrywide has been declining, and a growing number of not-for-profit hospitals have converted to for-profit status. These changes raise two fundamental questions: What determines a hospital's choice of for-profit or not-for-profit organizational form? And how does that form affect patients and society? This timely volume provides a factual basis for discussing for-profit versus not-f.
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Health facilities-- Economic aspects-- United States.
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Hospitals-- Economic aspects-- United States.
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Hospital Administration, Congresses-- United States.
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Hospital Administration.
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Hospitals, Proprietary, Congresses-- economics-- United States.
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Hospitals, Proprietary-- United States, Congresses.
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Hospitals, Proprietary.
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Hospitals, Voluntary, Congresses-- economics-- United States.
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Hospitals, Voluntary-- United States, Congresses.
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Hospitals, Voluntary.
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Privatization, Congresses-- economics-- United States.
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Privatization.
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Quality of Health Care, Congresses-- economics-- United States.
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Quality of Health Care-- United States, Congresses.
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Quality of Health Care.
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Electronic books.
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Hôpitaux-- Aspect économique-- États-Unis.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Industries-- Service.
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Health facilities-- Economic aspects.
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Hospitals-- Economic aspects.
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Hospitals, Proprietary-- economics-- United States, Congresses.
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Hospitals, Proprietary-- economics.
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Hospitals, Voluntary-- economics-- United States, Congresses.
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Hospitals, Voluntary-- economics.
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Hospital Administration-- United States, Congresses.
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Hospital Administration.
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Privatization-- economics-- United States, Congresses.
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Privatization-- economics.
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Quality of Health Care-- economics-- United States, Congresses.
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Quality of Health Care-- economics.
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United States.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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338.4/736211/0973
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| LC Classification
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RA971.3.C48 2000eb
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2000 D-760
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WX 27 AA1C456 2000
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| Added Entry
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Cutler, David M.
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