Biomaterial Database

Corporate health care and social welfare. 1986

D Stoesz

The trend toward health care as big business has been noted with concern by various observers of the health care scene. In this report on the growth of corporate enterprise in health services, the dominance of the corporation is examined, along with the implications of this trend for social service personnel.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008489	Medical Indigency	The condition in which individuals are financially unable to access adequate medical care without depriving themselves and their dependents of food, clothing, shelter, and other essentials of living.	Indigency, Medical,Indigencies, Medical,Medical Indigencies
D011787	Quality of Health Care	The levels of excellence which characterize the health service or health care provided based on accepted standards of quality.	Pharmacy Audit,Quality of Care,Quality of Healthcare,Audit, Pharmacy,Care Quality,Health Care Quality,Healthcare Quality,Pharmacy Audits
D006268	Health Facilities	Institutions which provide medical or health-related services.	Facilities, Health,Facility, Health,Health Facility
D006269	Health Facilities, Proprietary	Health care institutions operated by private groups or corporations for a profit.	Privately Sponsored Programs,Proprietary Health Facilities,Facilities, Proprietary Health,Facility, Proprietary Health,Health Facility, Proprietary,Privately Sponsored Program,Program, Privately Sponsored,Programs, Privately Sponsored,Proprietary Health Facility
D006273	Health Facility Merger	The combining of administrative and organizational resources of two or more health care facilities.	Acquisition, Health Facility,Health Facility Acquisition,Hospital Merger,Merger, Health Facility,Acquisitions, Health Facility,Facility Acquisition, Health,Facility Acquisitions, Health,Facility Merger, Health,Facility Mergers, Health,Health Facility Acquisitions,Health Facility Mergers,Hospital Mergers,Merger, Hospital,Mergers, Health Facility,Mergers, Hospital
D006777	Hospitals, Proprietary	Hospitals owned and operated by a corporation or an individual that operate on a for-profit basis, also referred to as investor-owned hospitals.	Hospitals, Private, Investor-Owned,Hospitals, Private, for-Profit,Private, Investor-Owned Hospitals,Private, for-Profit Hospitals,Proprietary Hospitals,Hospital, Proprietary,Proprietary Hospital
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012946	Social Welfare	Organized institutions which provide services to ameliorate conditions of need or social pathology in the community.	Community Services,Services, Community,Community Service,Service, Community,Welfare, Social
D012947	Social Work	The use of community resources, individual case work, or group work to promote the adaptive capacities of individuals in relation to their social and economic environments. It includes social service agencies.	Service, Social,Social Intervention,Social Service,Social Service Intervention,Social Work Intervention,Intervention, Social,Intervention, Social Service,Intervention, Social Work,Interventions, Social Work,Service Intervention, Social,Services, Social,Social Interventions,Social Service Interventions,Social Services,Social Work Interventions,Work Intervention, Social
D014481	United States	A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.