Journal article
A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies comparing mortality rates of private for-profit and private not-for-profit hospitals.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Canadians are engaged in an intense debate about the relative merits of private for-profit versus private not-for-profit health care delivery. To inform this debate, we undertook a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies comparing the mortality rates of private for-profit hospitals and those of private not-for-profit hospitals.
METHODS: We identified studies through an electronic search of 11 bibliographical databases, our …
Authors
Devereaux PJ; Choi PTL; Lacchetti C; Weaver B; Schünemann HJ; Haines T; Lavis JN; Grant BJB; Haslam DRS; Bhandari M
Journal
Canadian Medical Association Journal, Vol. 166, No. 11, pp. 1399–1406
Publication Date
May 28, 2002
ISSN
0820-3946