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DECEMBER 8, 2008

Lipstein on Hospitals

Steven Lipstein
Hosted by Russ Roberts

Steven Lipstein, President and CEO of BJC HealthCare--a $3 billion hospital system in St. Louis, Missouri--talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the economics of hospitals. They discuss pricing, the advantages and disadvantages of specialization in modern medical care, and culture and governance of non-profit hospitals vs. for-profit hospitals. At the end they talk about the positives and negatives of a national health board patterned after the Federal Reserve.

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CATEGORIES: Health , Marketing, Management, Strategy, and Leadership , Steven Lipstein

   
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