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For-profit versus non-profit freestanding psychiatric inpatient facilities: an update
P G Stiles1, D P Culhane, T R Hadley
1Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa 33612, USA.
Administration and Policy in Mental Health
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
Although several studies have examined the trend toward the decreasing differentiation of non-profit from for-profit general hospitals, few have focused on freestanding psychiatric hospitals. This study updates previous research that used psychiatric hospital data from calendar year 1986 with data from 1990. In addition, a preliminary examination of the influence of market competition on the behavior of non-profit psychiatric facilities was conducted. Results confirm a converging trend between for-profit and non-profit facilities that is related, in part, to competition.