print email comment close Specialty Hospitals: Focused Factories or Cream Skimmers? URL: http://www.hschange.org/CONTENT/552/ Description: This issue brief focuses on the rise of physician-owned cardiovascular and orthopedic hospitals as an alternative to general hospitals. Discusses concerns related to quality, cost, and access, and offers some proposals for policy makers. From the Center for Studying Health System Change, "a nonpartisan policy research organization located in Washington, D.C." Publisher: Center for Studying Health System Change Extra Keywords heart Library of Congress Subject Headings: Medical care Medical policy Specialty hospitals LII Database Information: Record 1913 created by Jennifer English on 12/14/2004 Last modification on 12/14/2004 Published: 12/14/2004   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/1913