Michel, Allen; Shaked, Israel; Daley, John - In: Social Science & Medicine 21 (1985) 3, pp. 235-242
This paper evaluates the performance of both specific firms within the American for-profit hospital industry and the industry as a whole. First, traditional financialanalysis is used to evaluate individual publicly traded for-profit chains. Then, industry performance from 1973 to 1982 is...