...William D. White David M. Cutler, ed. The Changing Hospital Industry: Comparing Not-for-Profit and For-Profit Institutions . National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Chicago: University of Chicago Press,2000. 384 pp. $53.00. © 2002 by Duke University Press 2002...

... outcomes. In our assessment, this ambiguity occurs largely because the effects of ownership are mediated in complex ways by characteristics of the services being delivered and the training of health care providers. Reviewing both the history and current performance of nonprofit and for-profit health care...

...Beth Stevens Institute of Medicine, Committee on Implications of For-Profit Enterprise in Health Care, For-Profit Enterprise in Health Care (Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1986), 566 pp. Copyright © 1987 by Duke University Press 1987 References Coleman , J. S. . et al...

...Cyril F. Chang; Howard P. Tuckman This paper explores the profits of not-for-profit (NFP) hospitals and identifies the factors that determine whether such profits are adequate. A model which relates hospital charges to surpluses is used to derive NFP surplus from gross patient charges and operating...

... of ~hnologyand Corporate Profit-Making in the Clinical Laboratories Jane Levitt, Lehman College, City University of New York Abstract. This article examines private industry's involvement in the area of clinical laboratory testing, as an example of the relationship between...

...Harvey M. Sapolsky Bradford H. Gray, ed., The New Health Care for Profit: Doctors and Hospitals in a Competitive Environment (Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1983), 178 pp., $17.50 Copyright © 1984 by the Department of Health Administration, Duke University 1984...

...Mark A. Hall Paul Jesilow, Henry N. Pontell, and Gilbert Geis. Prescription for Profit: How Doctors Defraud Medicaid . Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1993. 218 pp. $25.00 cloth. Copyright © 1994 by Duke University Press 1994...

... of a large for-profit nursing home chain. A historical case study was used to examine multiple public data sources, focusing on facilities in California from 2003 to 2011 during and after regulatory actions and litigation. The results showed that the state issued numerous deficiencies for violations...

...Marc A. Rodwin Bradford A. Gray. The Profit Motive and Patient Care: The Changing Accountability of Doctors and Hospitals. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1991 440 pp. $37.50 cloth. Copyright © 1991 by Duke University Press 1991...

...Michael D. Rosko; Caryl E. Carpenter We examined the relationship between variations in intra-DRG severity of illness classifications and hospital profitability. Unlike in previous studies, we created a direct hospital-level measure of severity, formed from MedisGroup severity scores. We estimated...

...Gregory O. Ginn; Charles B. Moseley This study examined the effect of state community benefit laws and guidelines on the community health orientation and the provision of hospital-based health promotion services in hospitals. The sample included all not-for-profit and investor-owned acute-care...

...David Falcone; David G. Warren During the 1980s, and particularly during the past year, controversy has arisen over the propriety of the not-for-profit hospital' s tax-exempt status. In addressing the issue, policy analysts and activists have focused attention on the comparative efficiency...

..., the percentage of Americans without health insurance coverage continues to rise. For-profit and not-for-profit hospitals have traditionally financed care for the uninsured from profits derived from patients with insurance. Thus the relationship between growth in managed care and HMOs,hospital “profits,” and care...

... attempt, state licensing during 1870–1900. gave preferential treatment (automatic licensing) to dental school graduates and appeared at first to be the solution to the entry problem, given the small number of schools in operation. However, dental school entrepreneurs recognized a profitable opportunity...

...Giandomenico Majone Many professionals prefer to work in nonprofit organizations, rather than in either for-profit or bureaucratic organizations. This preference suggests that nonprofits may be successful in reducing the tension between professional principles and institutional requirements...

...Frank A. Sloan; Edmund R. Becker This study uses hospital data from the 1979 American Hospital Association Reimbursement Survey in a multivariate framework to assess the impact of discounts and third-party reimbursement on hospital costs and profitability. Three central issues are addressed: (1...

...Drucilla K. Barker I use statewide loss ratio data to assess empirically the manner in which tort reforms have affected relative prices and profitability, and underwriting risk in the medical malpractice insurance industry. The empirical evidence suggests that the imposition of statutory ceilings...

... discounts had an adverse effect on hospital profits. During the three years studied, hospital profits in the Twin Cities showed an upward trend. The Competitive Impact of Health Maintenance Organizations on Hospital Finances: An Exploratory Study Roger Feldman...

... funded system of health care that is largely free at point of use, the government wishes to encourage much greater diversity in the provision of care, including a much larger role for the for-profit private sector. Despite significant opposition to its proposals, few concessions have been forthcoming...

...Christy A. Rentmeester; Robert I. Garis How ought we determine whether businesses in the health care sector profit fairly? One class of companies in the health care sector, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), deserves special consideration. We describe two specific revenue-generating practices...