scholarly journals Is Legitimacy Contagious? The Collective Legitimation of Alternative Therapies in the U.S. Hospital Industry

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sangchan Park
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Therapies ◽  
Hospital Industry ◽  
The U.S

scholarly journals Does the Profit Motive Make Jack Nimble? Ownership Form and the Evolution of the U.S. Hospital Industry

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sujoy Chakravarty ◽  
Martin Gaynor ◽  
Steven Klepper ◽  
William Vogt
Keyword(s):  
Profit Motive ◽  
Hospital Industry ◽  
The U.S

scholarly journals Repression, Backfire, and The Theory of Transformative Events

2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Hess ◽  
Brian Martin
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Alternative Therapies ◽  
East Timor ◽  
International Support ◽  
Popular Support ◽  
Movement Mobilization ◽  
The U.S

Repression sometimes can lead to greater movement mobilization: repressive events that are perceived as unjust have the potential to generate enormous public outrage against those seen as responsible. One result of repression-backfire-can contribute to the understanding of the conditions under which some repressive events may become transformative for social movements. Three case studies that highlight the processes involved in backfire are examined: the 1930 Salt March in India, in particular the beatings at Dharasana, that mobilized popular support for independence; the 1991 massacre in Dili, East Timor, which stimulated a massive expansion in international support for East Timorese independence; and the arrest of alternative cancer therapist John Richardson in 1972, which led to a huge growth in the U.S. movement for alternative therapies. The cases generate a preliminary understanding of the potential scope of backfire, the processes involved in backfire, and new hypotheses.

scholarly journals Does the Profit Motive Make Jack Nimble? Ownership Form and the Evolution of the U.S. Hospital Industry

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sujoy Chakravarty ◽  
Martin S. Gaynor ◽  
Steven Klepper ◽  
William B. Vogt
Keyword(s):  
Profit Motive ◽  
Hospital Industry ◽  
The U.S

Transplant Tissue: Cryolife Human Soft Tissue Implants Recalled

2002 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 474-476
Keyword(s):  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Drug Administration ◽  
Orthopedic Surgery ◽  
Human Tissue ◽  
Heart Valves ◽  
Food And Drug Administration ◽  
Alternative Therapies ◽  
Recall Order ◽  
Human Soft Tissue ◽  
The U.S

In a rare step, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in August ordered Cryolife Corporation to recall all human soft tissue it had processed since October of last year, stating that the safety of Cryolife products could not be assured. Although a subsequent agreement between the FDA and Cryolife led to a limited relaxation on the recall order for “medically urgent uses when alternative therapies are exhausted or unavailable,” the sale of Cryolife soft tissue remains severely restricted. Cryolife insists that its procedures are safe and that its overall rates of infection are extremely low, and is appealing the FDA recall?Cryolife is the nation’s largest processor of donated human tissue, and supplies 15 to 20 percent of the market for soft tissue implants. Such implants are widely used in elective orthopedic surgery: about 650,000 Americans have surgery involving soft tissue implants each year. Cryolife also processes 70 percent of the country’s heart valves.

Searching for the Best Yardstick: Cost of Quality Improvements in the U.S. Hospital Industry

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jong Myeong Lim ◽  
Ken Moon ◽  
Sergei Savin
Keyword(s):  
Hospital Industry ◽  
Quality Improvements ◽  
Cost Of Quality ◽  
The U.S

scholarly journals U.S. Hospital Industry Restructuring and the Hospital Safety Net

2003 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gloria J. Bazzoli ◽  
Larry M. Manheim ◽  
Teresa M. Waters
Keyword(s):  
Health Systems ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Hospital Industry ◽  
Market Conditions ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Weak Institutions ◽  
Hospital Safety ◽  
Market Pressure ◽  
The U.S

The U.S. hospital industry was reshaped during the 1990s, with many hospitals becoming members of health systems and networks. Our research examines whether safety net hospitals (SNHs) were generally included or excluded from these arrangements, and the factors associated with their involvement. Our analysis draws on the earlier work of Alexander and Morrisey (1988), and not only studies factors affecting SNH participation in multihospital arrangements but also updates their earlier study. We constructed measures for hospital market conditions, management, and mission, and examined network and system affiliation patterns between 1994 and 1998. Our findings suggest that larger and more technically advanced hospitals joined systems in the 1990s, which contrasts with 1980s findings that smaller, financially weak institutions joined systems. Further, SNH participation in networks and systems was more common when hospitals faced less market pressure and where only a limited number of unaffiliated hospitals remained. If networks and systems are key parties in negotiating with private payers, SNHs may be going it alone in these negotiations in highly competitive markets.

Antecedents of New Entrant's Product Scope Strategy: Evidence from the U.S. Hospital Industry

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joon Mahn Lee ◽  
Yongwook Paik
Keyword(s):  
Hospital Industry ◽  
Product Scope ◽  
The U.S
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