title: Medical center applies financial strategies to renovation project.
abstract: A Chicago-based medical center abandons the classical approach to preconstruction planning to save both time and money.
mesh_terms: D002641:Chicago; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006749:Hospital Design and Construction / Q000191:economics; D006752:Hospital Planning; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D009874:Operations Research; D011367:Professional Staff Committees