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Are hospitals becoming too businesslike? 1990

D Seaver

Arthur D. Little, Cambridge, MA.

Douglass Seaver, director, health care practice, Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, MA, says that the public views hospitals as business enterprises and not social service organizations. The result, Seaver says, is that many hospitals may lose their tax-exempt status and with it their unique character as voluntary institutions.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D011639	Public Opinion	The attitude of a significant portion of a population toward any given proposition, based upon a measurable amount of factual evidence, and involving some degree of reflection, analysis, and reasoning.	Interest Groups,Pro-Choice Groups,Public Opinion Polls,Group, Interest,Group, Pro-Choice,Groups, Interest,Groups, Pro-Choice,Interest Group,Opinion Poll, Public,Opinion Polls, Public,Opinion, Public,Poll, Public Opinion,Polls, Public Opinion,Pro Choice Groups,Pro-Choice Group,Public Opinion Poll
D003132	Commerce	The interchange of goods or commodities, especially on a large scale, between different countries or between populations within the same country. It includes trade (the buying, selling, or exchanging of commodities, whether wholesale or retail) and business (the purchase and sale of goods to make a profit). (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed, p411, p2005 & p283)	Business,Commercial Sector,Prices,Sales,Vendors,Businesses,Commerces,Commercial Sectors,Price,Sale,Sector, Commercial,Sectors, Commercial,Vendor
D006761	Hospitals	Institutions with an organized medical staff which provide medical care to patients.	Hospital
D006788	Hospitals, Voluntary	Private, not-for-profit hospitals that are autonomous, self-established, and self-supported.	Hospitals, Private, Not-for-Profit,Hospitals Privates, Not-for-Profit,Not-for-Profit Hospitals Private,Not-for-Profit Hospitals Privates,Private, Not-for-Profit Hospitals,Voluntary Hospitals,Hospital, Voluntary,Hospitals Private, Not-for-Profit,Hospitals Privates, Not for Profit,Not for Profit Hospitals Private,Not for Profit Hospitals Privates,Private, Not for Profit Hospitals,Privates, Not-for-Profit Hospitals,Voluntary Hospital
D013660	Taxes	Governmental levies on property, inheritance, gifts, etc.	Institutional Tax,Institutional Taxes,Tax,Taxation,Tax, Institutional,Taxes, Institutional
D014481	United States	A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.