March 17, 2000

For-Profit Chains Don't Undercut Missions of Teaching Hospitals, Study Finds

By KATHERINE S. MANGAN

Teaching hospitals that are bought out by for-profit chains remain just as committed to teaching and indigent care, a new study of three teaching hospitals has concluded.

The study, which appears in the March/April issue of the journal Health Affairs, challenges the widespread belief that such transfers of ownership undercut the traditional mission of teaching hospitals.

"Based on our findings, ownership does not appear to predict whether a health-care

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