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Proprietary Hospital Social Work

Health & Social Work, 1988
The rapid growth of the proprietary sector in the provision of social services creates a challenge for the social work profession. Little is known about social work services in for-profit organizations or about how they compare with similar services in nonprofit setting.
E T, Ortiz, B Z, Bassoff
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An examination of the efficiency of proprietary hospital versus non-proprietary hospital ownership structures

Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, 1997
Abstract As the health care industry evolves, communities will be faced with the choice of ownership structure for their local hospitals. Unfortunately, the evidence concerning which structure is most efficient, proprietary or non-proprietary, is mixed (e.g., Sloan and Vraciu 1983, pp. 25–37 and Clarkson 1972, pp. 374–377).
Richard B. Carter   +2 more
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Proprietary Hospital Chains and Academic Medical Centers

International Journal of Health Services, 1987
This article examines the reasons why proprietary hospital chains have become interested in buying or managing academic health center hospitals. Among the explanations that are discussed are such factors as vertical integration of health care, chain legitimation, integration of finance and delivery systems, and short-term profit potential.
H S, Berliner, R K, Burlage
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Proprietary hospitals in cost containment

The American Journal of Cardiology, 1985
Any effort to control the rise in health care costs must start with analyzing the causes, which are really quite simple. Most cost control efforts fail because they do not address the causes. The causes are large subsidies in several forms that send a false message that health care is free and should be used abundantly, and expansive reimbursement ...
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External Validation of a Widely Implemented Proprietary Sepsis Prediction Model in Hospitalized Patients

JAMA Internal Medicine, 2021
The Epic Sepsis Model (ESM), a proprietary sepsis prediction model, is implemented at hundreds of US hospitals. The ESM's ability to identify patients with sepsis has not been adequately evaluated despite widespread use.To externally validate the ESM in the prediction of sepsis and evaluate its potential clinical value compared with usual care.This ...
Andrew, Wong   +11 more
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A profile of preacquisition proprietary hospitals

Health Care Management Review, 1988
A study was conducted to compare the financial, hospital, and market characteristics of proprietary hospitals prior to their acquisition by investor-owned hospital chains to free-standing proprietary hospitals and not-for-profit preacquisition hospitals.
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The proprietary hospital industry: A financial analysis 1972–1982

Social Science & Medicine, 1985
This paper evaluates the performance of both specific firms within the American for-profit hospital industry and the industry as a whole. First, traditional financial analysis is used to evaluate individual publicly traded for-profit chains. Then, industry performance from 1973 to 1982 is evaluated using a set of measures based on Modern Portfolio ...
A, Michel, I, Shaked, J, Daley
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