title: Proprietary hospital social work.
abstract: The rapid growth of the proprietary sector in the provision of social services creates a challenge for the social work profession. Little is known about social work services in for-profit organizations or about how they compare with similar services in nonprofit setting. The authors report on a comparative study of social work services in proprietary and nonprofit hospitals that used the results of the Membership Survey, 1985 of the Society for Hospital Social Work Directors and a sample of 50 proprietary hospital social work departments. Services and staffing, characteristics of directors, and responses to diagnostic related groups are contrasted, and the significance for the profession discussed.
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006777:Hospitals, Proprietary / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary / Q000458:organization & administration; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D011897:Random Allocation; D012948:Social Work Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce