Differences in Profit and Nonprofit Organizations: A Study of Effectiveness and Efficiency in General Short-Stay Hospitals.

Rushing, William

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Publication Date: 1974

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Differences in Profit and Nonprofit Organizations: A Study of Effectiveness and Efficiency in General Short-Stay Hospitals

Rushing, William

Administrative Science Quarterly, 19, 4, 474-484, Dec 74

Results of a study of small short-stay profit and nonprofit hospitals show significant differences in organizational relationships. It is suggested that the profit making orientation of hospitals is a significant contextual property which influences the relationships of hospital structure and community wealth to hospital efficiency and effectiveness. (Author)

Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Efficiency, Hospital Personnel, Hospitals, Medical Services, Organization, Organizational Theories, Organizations (Groups), Research

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