Selling Teaching Hospitals and Practice Plans : George Washington and Georgetown Universities.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Washington and Its Academic Medical Centers -- 2 George Washington University: Selling the Hospital -- 3 George Washington University: Separating the Practice Plan -- 4 George Washington University: Closing the HMO -- 5 George Washington University and Its Medical School -- 6 Georgetown University: Selling the Hospital -- 7 Georgetown University: Selling the Practice Plan -- 8 Georgetown University and Its Medical School -- 9 MedStar Health -- 10 Conclusions -- Appendix A: Other Universities with Teaching Hospitals Owned by For-Profit Companies -- Appendix B: Reducing Deficits and Increasing Surpluses in Private Medical Schools That Do Not Own Their Primary Teaching Hospitals -- Appendix C: Interviewees -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- Photographs.

For the current leaders of medical schools facing similar financial challenges, Kastor analyzes how much it costs to teach clinical medicine and offers valuable advice on how to reduce expenses and increase surpluses.

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