{"product_id":"9780226132228","title":"The Changing Hospital Industry: Comparing Not-for-Profit and For-Profit Institutions","description":"In recent years, the hospital industry has been undergoing massive change and reorganization with technological innovations and the spread of managed care. As a result, the total number of hospitals countrywide has been declining, and a growing number of not-for-profit hospitals have converted to for-profit status. These changes raise two fundamental questions: What determines a hospital's choice of for-profit or not-for-profit organizational form? And how does that form affect patients and society?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This timely volume provides a factual basis for discussing for-profit versus not-for-profit ownership of hospitals and gives a first look at the evidence about new and important issues in the hospital industry. \u003ci\u003eThe Changing Hospital Industry: Comparing Not-for-Profit and For-Profit Institutions\u003c\/i\u003e will have significant implications for public-policy reforms in this vital industry and will be of great interest to scholars in the fields of health economics, public finance, hospital organization, and management; and to health services researchers.","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47073505673456,"sku":"9780226132228","price":87.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780226132228_p0.jpg?v=1763673907","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780226132228","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}