Health Affairs "Does the Sale of Nonprofit Hospitals Threaten Health Care for the Poor?"
Article - How the acquisition of a hospital by a for-profit firm affects amount of care.
For-Profit Enterprise in Health Care "Access to Care and Investor-Owned Providers - Chapter 5."
Chapter - Financing, providers, impact of for-profits, other options.
Health Affairs "Charity Care."
Article - Most converted hospitals provide an equal amount of uncompensated care, some increase.
Health Affairs (March/April 2000) "TRENDS: Public Hospitals: Privatization and Uncompensated Care."
Article - In California, Florida, and Texas, former public hospitals provided less uncompensated care after they became for-profit entities.