Publications

28 Jun 2010
News

HBS Cases: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

23 May 2023
Cold Call Podcast

The Entrepreneurial Journey of China’s First Private Mental Health Hospital

Keywords: Re: William C. Kirby; Education

March 1977
Supplement

Hospital Affiliates International, Inc. (B)

By: Michael E. Porter

Keywords: Health Industry

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July 1972 (Revised June 1975)
Case

New England Deaconess Hospital (A)

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01 Jun 2001
News

Austin Club Provides Down-Home Hospitality

(HBS Club of Austin) Last February, the HBS Club of Austin sponsored a Texas-sized get-together for the HBS students who participated in the 2001 Austin High-Tech Trek. More than one hundred alumni, students, and partners were treated to an authentic barbecue and the... View Details

11 Apr 2016
News

Professor Raffaella Sadun on Improving Care in Hospitals

11 Apr 2016
Video

Professor Raffaella Sadun on Improving Care in Hospitals

14 Sep 2021
News

Leemore Dafny on Hospital Prices, Markets, and Antitrust Regulations

January 1983 (Revised February 1988)
Case

Hospital Corp. of America (A)

By: W. Carl Kester

HCAs ratio of debt to total capital is approaching 70%, jeopardizing its single-A bond rating. Students must determine an appropriate target debt ratio for HCA in light of its growth objectives, its acquisition strategy and its changing regulatory environment. View Details

Keywords: Situation or Environment; Capital Structure; Health Care and Treatment; Borrowing and Debt; Health Industry; Tennessee

June 2009 (Revised April 2011)
Case

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

By: Anita L. Tucker and Amy C. Edmondson

The case describes an organization's use of the science of improvement to transform their process quality from below average to the top 10% in their industry. The case outlines the protagonist's strategy of developing internal experts who are trained in a common... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Experience and Expertise; Leading Change; Measurement and Metrics; Service Delivery; Performance Improvement; Health Industry; Ohio

winter 1971
Article

Patient Incentives and Hospital Insurance

By: Robert S. Kaplan and Lester Lave

Keywords: Health; Insurance; Motivation and Incentives; Health Industry

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February 1986 (Revised May 2003)
Teaching Note

Shouldice Hospital Limited, Teaching Note

By: James L. Heskett

Teaching Note for (9-683-068). View Details

Keywords: Health Industry; Canada

December 2023 (Revised February 2024)
Case

Transforming Healthcare Delivery at Karolinska University Hospital

By: Susanna Gallani, Mary Witkowski, Elena Corsi and Nikolina Jonsson

The case study examines the journey toward value-based healthcare at Karolinska University Hospital. The hospital's ambitious shift to a patient-centered care delivery model, accompanied by the construction of a new facility, encountered challenges such as high costs,... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Transition; Business Organization; Communication Strategy; Information Infrastructure; Service Delivery; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Health Industry; Sweden; Europe

The hospital industry has consolidated substantially during the past two decades and at an accelerated pace since 2010. Multiple studies have shown that hospital mergers have led to higher prices for commercially insured patients, but research about effects on... View Details

January 1983 (Revised February 1988)
Case

Hospital Corp. of America (B)

By: W. Carl Kester

Focuses on HCAs financing options for reaching its target capital structure. The options include new equity conversion of convertible debentures, a debt-for-equity swap, the sale of assets, and fixed-rate debt. Students must address the problem of market timing and... View Details

Keywords: Assets; Capital Structure; Cash Flow; Equity; Debt Securities; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Health Industry; United States