{"product_id":"the-changing-hospital-industry-david-m-cutler-9780226132198","title":"The Changing Hospital Industry: Comparing Not-For-Profit and For-Profit Institutions","description":"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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis timely volume provides a factual basis for discussing for-profit versus not-for-profit ownership of hospitals and gives a first look at the evidence about new and important issues in the hospital industry. \u003ci\u003eThe Changing Hospital Industry: Comparing Not-for-Profit and For-Profit Institutions\u003c\/i\u003e will have significant implications for public-policy reforms in this vital industry and will be of great interest to scholars in the fields of health economics, public finance, hospital organization, and management; and to health services researchers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David M. Cutler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226132196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226132198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 378\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.32h x 6.38w x 1.08d","brand":"David M. Cutler","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086393782527,"sku":"9780226132198","price":94.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_591060d0-3f51-41ce-b5e3-766aaa12e1ba.jpg?v=1769094425","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-changing-hospital-industry-david-m-cutler-9780226132198","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}