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ERIC Number: EJ586162
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-5982
Changing Economics of Health Care Are Devastating Academic Medical Centers.
van der Werf, Martin
Chronicle of Higher Education, v45 n37 pA38-A39 May 21 1999
Once a financially healthy part of American universities, many academic health centers are struggling to survive. Many are merging with for-profit chains or declaring bankruptcy. The advance of managed care and insurance companies focusing on reducing costs appears to be affecting teaching hospitals more than community hospitals. (MSE)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Entrepreneurship, Financial Problems, Higher Education, Hospitals, Medical Services, Social Change, Teaching Hospitals, Universities
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Bankruptcy