The hospital as a business: suspect or sensible?
PubMedPublished 1 March 1981
Erica Friedman
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The question of the extent to which a hospital should be operated as a business has had greater significance in recent years as financial pressures on hospitals have increased.
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The question of the extent to which a hospital should be operated as a business has had greater significance in recent years as financial pressures on hospitals have increased. To a large degree, the controversy surrounds the hospital's role in the community and its responsibilities to the public.
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Health ProfessionsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance