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- Title
The General NFP Hospital Model.
- Authors
AL‐AMIN, MONA
- Abstract
Throughout the past 30 years, there has been a lot of controversy surrounding the proliferation of new forms of health care delivery organizations that challenge and compete with general NFP community hospitals. Traditionally, the health care system in the United States has been dominated by general NFP (NFP) voluntary hospitals. With the number of for-profit general hospitals, physician-owned specialty hospitals, and ambulatory surgical centers increasing, a question arises: 'Why is the general NFP community hospital the dominant model?' In order to address this question, this paper reexamines the history of the hospital industry. By understanding how the 'general NFP hospital' model emerged and dominated, we attempt to explain the current dominance of general NFP hospitals in the ever changing hospital industry in the United States.
- Subjects
UNITED States; VOLUNTARY hospitals; HOSPITALS; HEALTH care industry; SURGICAL hospitals; MEDICAL care laws; CERTIFICATES of need in health facilities; HISTORY
- Publication
American Journal of Economics & Sociology, 2012, Vol 71, Issue 1, p37
- ISSN
0002-9246
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1536-7150.2011.00815.x