title: Physician goals: impact on hospital performance.
abstract: Controversy prevails concerning the relative superiority of for-profit versus not-for-profit hospitals. Presented here are three variations to each of two basic theoretical models that contrast performance of for-profit and not-for-profit hospitals.
authors.affiliation: Barton School of Business, Wichita State University, Kansas.
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Webb
mesh_terms: D003258:Consumer Behavior; D003662:Decision Theory; D004469:Economics, Hospital; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D006777:Hospitals, Proprietary / Q000191:economics*; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary / Q000191:economics*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009934:Organization and Administration; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010819:Physician's Role; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States