EBK HEALTH ECONOMICS AND POLICY
7th Edition
ISBN: 9781337668279
Author: Henderson
Publisher: YUZU
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Chapter 10, Problem 3QAP
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To determine whether the profit motive of the for-profit hospitals have a negative impact towards the quality of care as well as for the accessibility of the poor and uninsured and the difference between the for-profit and not-for-profit hospitals in the perspectives of quality and the accessibility.
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