title: Public ownership helps boost HMOs' profits.
abstract: Health maintenance organizations have found that the route to faster growth and better profitability may be turning into a for-profit business and issuing stock. For the past five years, such organizations have generally outperformed their older, not-for-profit counterparts that rely on debt to fuel growth. Since 1988, HMOs have completed 48 stock and debt offerings, raising $3.6 billion.
authors: P J
authors: PJ
authors: Kenkel
mesh_terms: D002202:Capital Financing; D006269:Health Facilities, Proprietary / Q000191:economics*; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007449:Investments; D010067:Ownership / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States