(ISF) Re: Thought Experiment

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>> The question is, does the for-profit enterprise manage the program any differently than the nonprofit enterprise did?>>

I guess there are two questions - management and effectiveness. I can't say anything about management - but the data on effectiveness in some areas is getting clearer - for-profits are less effective. There are examples of for-profit corporations that do schools, hospitals, prisons and many other parallel services to either non- profit or governmental agencies. And, from what I've read over the years, although I think the jury is still out, it's not at all clear that for-profits do even as good a job as non-profits do.

This article from business week is worth reading: http:// www.businessweek.com/2000/00_06/b3667001.htm

And this research article in the New England Journal of Medicine talks about lower quality in for-profit hospitals: http:// content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/353/3/265?ijkey=wOtS9/K/ 05ank&keytype=ref&siteid=nejm

Peace,
Michelle
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