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The financial characteristics of hospitals under for-profit and nonprofit contract management. 1984

J Alexander, and B L Lewis

In this assessment of the financial characteristics of a large sample of contract-managed hospitals compared with traditionally managed hospitals, emphasis was given to differences between hospitals managed by for-profit and nonprofit organizations and between hospitals before and after they were contract managed. Our findings suggest higher profitability for hospitals managed by nonprofit organizations in light of their poor profitability prior to contract management and better activity ratios for for-profit managed hospitals. These and other findings are discussed in terms of their implications for both hospital administrators and researchers.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009096	Multi-Institutional Systems	Institutional systems consisting of more than one health facility which have cooperative administrative arrangements through merger, affiliation, shared services, or other collective ventures.	Multi-Hospital Systems,Multi-Institutional System,Multihospital Systems,System, Multi-Hospital,System, Multi-Institutional,Systems, Multi-Institutional,Multi Hospital Systems,Multi Institutional System,Multi Institutional Systems,Multi-Hospital System,Multihospital System,System, Multi Hospital,System, Multi Institutional,System, Multihospital,Systems, Multi Institutional,Systems, Multi-Hospital,Systems, Multihospital
D002201	Capital Expenditures	Those funds disbursed for facilities and equipment, particularly those related to the delivery of health care.	Capital Expenditure,Expenditure, Capital,Expenditures, Capital
D003284	Contract Services	Outside services provided to an institution under a formal financial agreement.	Services, Contract,Contract Service,Service, Contract
D005376	Financial Management	The obtaining and management of funds for institutional needs and responsibility for fiscal affairs.	Endowments,Financial Activities,Funds,Activities, Financial,Activity, Financial,Endowment,Financial Activity,Fund,Management, Financial
D005377	Financial Management, Hospital	The obtaining and management of funds for hospital needs and responsibility for fiscal affairs.	Hospital Financial Management,Hospital Financial Managements,Financial Managements, Hospital,Management, Hospital Financial,Managements, Hospital Financial
D006739	Hospital Administration	Management of the internal organization of the hospital.	Hospital Organization and Administration,Organization and Administration, Hospital,Administration, 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
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
D013223	Statistics as Topic	Works about the science and art of collecting, summarizing, and analyzing data that are subject to random variation.	Area Analysis,Estimation Technics,Estimation Techniques,Indirect Estimation Technics,Indirect Estimation Techniques,Multiple Classification Analysis,Service Statistics,Statistical Study,Statistics, Service,Tables and Charts as Topic,Analyses, Area,Analyses, Multiple Classification,Area Analyses,Classification Analyses, Multiple,Classification Analysis, Multiple,Estimation Technic, Indirect,Estimation Technics, Indirect,Estimation Technique,Estimation Technique, Indirect,Estimation Techniques, Indirect,Indirect Estimation Technic,Indirect Estimation Technique,Multiple Classification Analyses,Statistical Studies,Studies, Statistical,Study, Statistical,Technic, Indirect Estimation,Technics, Estimation,Technics, Indirect Estimation,Technique, Estimation,Technique, Indirect Estimation,Techniques, Estimation,Techniques, Indirect Estimation
D014481	United States	A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.