For-Profit Enterprise in Health Care

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Table of Contents
Front Matter R1-R24
Part I: Committee Report 1-2
1 Profits and Health Care: An Introduction to the Issues 3-25
2 Changes in Ownership, Control, and Configuration 26-46
3 Financial Capital and Health Care Growth Trends 47-73
4 Investor Ownership and the Costs of Medical Care 74-96
5 Access to Care and Investor-Owned Providers 97-126
6 Quality of Care 127-141
7 Implications for Education and Research 142-150
8 Physicians and Entrepreneurism in Health Care 151-170
9 The Changing Nature of Physician Influence in Medical Institutions 171-181
10 Summary and Conclusions 182-206
Part II: Papers on For-Profit Enterprises in Health Care 207-208
1 An Exchange on For-Profit Health Care 209-223
2 Ethical Issues in For-Profit Health Care 224-249
3 Trends in the Growth of the Major Investor-Owned Hospital Companies 250-259
4 The Effects of Ownership and Multihospital System Membership on Hospital Functional Strategies and Economic Performance 260-289
An Analysis Based on California Data, 1978-1982 290-302
6 Hospital Acquision and Their Effects: Florida, 1979-1982 303-321
7 Hospital Ownership and Comparative Hospital Costs 322-353
8 Medicare Patient Outcomes and Hospital Organizational Mission 354-374
9 Compliance of Multihospital Systems with Standards of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals 375-384
10 Hospital Ownership and the Practice of Medicine: Evidence from the Physician's Perspective 385-401
11 Physicial Participation in the Administration and Governance of System and Freestanding Hospitals: A Comparison by Type of Ownership 402-421
12 Medical Staff Size, Hospital Privileges, and Compensation Arrangements: A Comparison of System Hospitals 422-457
13 Hospitals and Their Communities: A Report on Three Case Studies 458-473
14 Investor-Owned Multihospital Systems: A Synthesis of Research Findings 474-491
15 The Changing Structure of the Nursing Home Industry and the Impact of Ownership on Quality, Cost, and Access 492-542
Index 543-556

Table of Contents

Front Matter R1-R24

Part I: Committee Report 1-2

1 Profits and Health Care: An Introduction to the Issues 3-25

2 Changes in Ownership, Control, and Configuration 26-46

3 Financial Capital and Health Care Growth Trends 47-73

4 Investor Ownership and the Costs of Medical Care 74-96

5 Access to Care and Investor-Owned Providers 97-126

6 Quality of Care 127-141

7 Implications for Education and Research 142-150

8 Physicians and Entrepreneurism in Health Care 151-170

9 The Changing Nature of Physician Influence in Medical Institutions 171-181

10 Summary and Conclusions 182-206

Part II: Papers on For-Profit Enterprises in Health Care 207-208

1 An Exchange on For-Profit Health Care 209-223

2 Ethical Issues in For-Profit Health Care 224-249

3 Trends in the Growth of the Major Investor-Owned Hospital Companies 250-259

4 The Effects of Ownership and Multihospital System Membership on Hospital Functional Strategies and Economic Performance 260-289

An Analysis Based on California Data, 1978-1982 290-302

6 Hospital Acquision and Their Effects: Florida, 1979-1982 303-321

7 Hospital Ownership and Comparative Hospital Costs 322-353

8 Medicare Patient Outcomes and Hospital Organizational Mission 354-374

9 Compliance of Multihospital Systems with Standards of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals 375-384

10 Hospital Ownership and the Practice of Medicine: Evidence from the Physician's Perspective 385-401

11 Physicial Participation in the Administration and Governance of System and Freestanding Hospitals: A Comparison by Type of Ownership 402-421

12 Medical Staff Size, Hospital Privileges, and Compensation Arrangements: A Comparison of System Hospitals 422-457

13 Hospitals and Their Communities: A Report on Three Case Studies 458-473

14 Investor-Owned Multihospital Systems: A Synthesis of Research Findings 474-491

15 The Changing Structure of the Nursing Home Industry and the Impact of Ownership on Quality, Cost, and Access 492-542

Index 543-556