title: The effect of hospital ownership choice on patient outcomes after treatment for acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: I examine the effect of ownership choice on patient outcomes after the treatment for acute myocardial infarction. I find that for-profit and government hospitals have higher incidence of adverse outcomes than not-for-profit hospitals by 3-4%. In addition, the incidence of adverse outcomes increases by 7-9% after a not-for-profit hospital converts to for-profit ownership, but there is little change in patient outcomes in other forms of ownership conversion. The findings are robust, whether I use the entire sample or subsamples of hospitals that share similar hospital and market characteristics.
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D006275:Health Facility Planning / Q000458:organization & administration; D006302:Health Services Research; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006777:Hospitals, Proprietary / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D016018:Least-Squares Analysis; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010067:Ownership / Q000145:classification* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology