Duke University Research Team

Frank A. Sloan, Ph.D. Senior Investigator Director Center for Health Policy, Law and Management J. Alexander McMahon Professor of Health Policy and Management and Professor of Economics Christopher J. Conover, Ph.D. Project Administrator Assistant Research Professor Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy Donald H. Taylor, Jr., Ph.D. Assistant Research Professor Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy Hester L. Haverkamp, M.P.H. Associate in Research Center for Health Policy, Law and Management

Emily M. Stout, J.D. Associate in Research Center for Health Policy, Law and Management Lan Liang, M.A. Graduate Research Assistant Center for Health Policy, Law and Management Peter J. Rankin, M.A. Graduate Research Assistant Center for Health Policy, Law and Management Winston Black, III Research Assistant Center for Health Policy, Law and Management

Department of Community and Family Medicine

J. Lloyd Michener, M.D. Principal Investigator Chairman and Clinical Professor Department of Community and Family Medicine

Susan D. Epstein, M.P.A. Project Liaison Associate Director Department of Community and Family Medicine

A Guide to Communities Considering Hospital Conversion
Durham, NC: Duke University, Center for Health Policy, Law and Management, May 1998.