On the behavior of non-profit organizations: the case of the Uruguayan health sector
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This essay addresses how nonprofit organizations behave differently from for-profits and governments and particularly if nonprofit organizations behave differently from each other. Using technical and financial data for the whole universe of private Uruguayan non-profit health organizations for a period of 9 years (1982-1990)3, it is examined how different types of non-profit organizations show different behavioral patterns, regardless of legal environment and constraints on profit distribution.
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