Health Affairs "Staffing Levels."
Article - After conversion, staff levels are usually decreased, although they are later brought back up to average levels.
National Bureau of Economic Research "Comparing Hospital Quality at For-Profit and Not-for-Profit Hospitals."
Article - 1997.
For Profit Enterprise in Health Care "Quality of Care - Chapter 6."
Chapter - Accredation, evaluations, need for monitoring daily operations.
St. Louis Business Journal "Patient Care Unaffected by Hospital Mergers."
Article - Length of stay and patient mortality were not influnced by for-profit takeover.
Health Affairs (March/April 2000) "TRENDS: Selling Teaching Hospitals to Investor-Owned Hospital Chains: Three Case Studies"
Article - Sales to for-profit chains may strengthen financial viability without harming social missions.