title: A profile of preacquisition proprietary hospitals.
abstract: A study was conducted to compare the financial, hospital, and market characteristics of proprietary hospitals prior to their acquisition by investor-owned hospital chains to free-standing proprietary hospitals and not-for-profit preacquisition hospitals.
authors.affiliation: Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Allied Health, Department of Health Administration, Richmond.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: McCue
mesh_terms: D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D006302:Health Services Research; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity; D006777:Hospitals, Proprietary / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States